PRESENTATION OUTLINE
"AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE" BY GERARD MANLY HOPKINS
AS FISHERS CATCH FIRE, DRAGONFLIES DRAW FLAME;
AS TUMBLED OVER RIM IN ROUNDY WELLS
STONES RING; LIKE EACH TUCKED STRING TELLS, EACH HUNG BELL'S
BOW SWUNG FINDS TONGUE TO FLING OUT BROAD ITS NAME;
EACH MORTAL THING DOES ONE THING AND THE SAME:
DEALS OUT THAT BEING INDOORS EACH ONE DWELLS;
SELVES -- GOES ITSELF; MYSELF IT SPEAKS AND SPELLS,
CRYING WHÁT I DÓ IS ME: FOR THAT I CAME.
I SAY MÓRE: THE JUST MAN JUSTICES;
KEEPS GRACE: THÁT KEEPS ALL HIS GOINGS GRACES;
ACTS IN GOD'S EYE WHAT IN GOD'S EYE HE IS --
CHRIST -- FOR CHRIST PLAYS IN TEN THOUSAND PLACES,
LOVELY IN LIMBS, AND LOVELY IN EYES NOT HIS
TO THE FATHER THROUGH THE FEATURES OF MEN'S FACES.