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"as kingfishers catch fire"

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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"AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE" BY GERARD MANLY HOPKINS

AS FISHERS CATCH FIRE, DRAGONFLIES DRAW FLAME;

AS TUMBLED OVER RIM IN ROUNDY WELLS

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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;

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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.