Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | Spring and Fall |
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) |
| | | MARGARET, 1 are you grieving | |
| Over Goldengrove unleafing?.. | |
| Ah! as the heart grows older | |
| It will come to such sights colder | |
| By and by, nor spare a sigh | 5 |
| Tho’ world of wanwood leafmeal lie; | |
| And yet you will weep and know why. | |
| Now no matter, child, the name: | |
| Sorrow’s springs are the same. | |
| Nor mouth had, no, nor mind express’d, | 10 |
| What heart heard of, ghost guess’d: | |
| It is the blight man was born for, | |
| It is Margaret you mourn for. | |
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