Ask of her, the mighty mother:
Her reply puts this other
Question: What is Spring?—
Growth in everything.


The May Magnificat, stanza 4 - Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1918)

18. The May Magnificat. Hopkins, Gerard Manley. 1918. Poems[bartleby.com]

Gerard Manley Hopkins Quotes

Ask of her, the mighty mother: Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?— Growth in everything.

Ask of her, the mighty mother: Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?— Growth in everything.

Ask of her, the mighty mother: Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?— Growth in everything.

Ask of her, the mighty mother: Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?— Growth in everything.