I say that we are wound
With mercy round and round
As if with air.


The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe, lines 34-36 - Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1918)

Gerard Manley Hopkins Quotes

I say that we are wound With mercy round and round As if with air.

I say that we are wound With mercy round and round As if with air.

I say that we are wound With mercy round and round As if with air.

I say that we are wound With mercy round and round As if with air.