Ah! as the heart grows olderIt will come to such sights colderBy and by, nor spare a sighThough worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie
This moves me greatly.
The complete poem is here:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173665I was assigned to write a term paper on Hopkins when I was in high school, and "Spring and Fall" has stuck with me ever since.
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Ah! as the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie
This moves me greatly.
The complete poem is here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173665
I was assigned to write a term paper on Hopkins when I was in high school, and "Spring and Fall" has stuck with me ever since.
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