i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any--lifted from the no
of all nothing--human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
ee cummings
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I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, - the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!
Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, O my chevalier!
No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
OK, that didn't publish like I wanted it to, so here is a link to how it should have come out...The Windhover
C:)
thank you, that is beautiful!
:-)
'now the eyes of my eyes are opened'
If only.
I thought of you when I found this yeasterday and almost posted it in your comment column
but then thought you might like to read it here. . .
it was for you dave, get well soon
XXX
It IS beautiful....might haffta steal it.....
*sending get well wishes to dave*
I didn't realise ee cummings was so lyrical, always thoiught he was more of a cynical type. Obviously my education needs enlarging. Gorgeous poem.
(I love Gerard Manley Hopkins)
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