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.
Ah! as the heart grows older
ReplyDeleteIt will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie
This moves me greatly.
ReplyDeleteThe complete poem is here:
ReplyDeletehttp://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.