| Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89). Poems. 1918. |
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| 47. ‘My own heart let me have more have pity on; let’ |
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| MY own heart let me have more have pity on; let | |
| Me live to my sad self hereafter kind, | |
| Charitable; not live this tormented mind | |
| With this tormented mind tormenting yet. | |
| I cast for comfort I can no more get | 5 |
| By groping round my comfortless, than blind | |
| Eyes in their dark can day or thirst can find | |
| Thirst ’s all-in-all in all a world of wet. | |
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| Soul, self; come, poor Jackself, I do advise | |
| You, jaded, let be; call off thoughts awhile | 10 |
| Elsewhere; leave comfort root-room; let joy size | |
| At God knows when to God knows what; whose smile | |
| ’s not wrung, see you; unforeseen times rather—as skies | |
| Betweenpie mountains—lights a lovely mile. | |
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