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Strike, Churl

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May’s beauty massacre and wisp?d wild clouds grow
Out on the giant air; tell Summer No,
Bid joy back, have at the harvest, keep Hope pale.




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