Nature
Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then
From Poems (1918)
Nature
STRIKE, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May's beauty massacre and wispèd wild clouds grow
Out on the giant air; tell Summer No,
Bid joy back, have at the harvest, keep Hope pale.
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley. “Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hopkins/68/.
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley. “Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hopkins/68/.
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