#heaven-haven

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Wisteria. Beautiful scent.

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[Gerard Manley Hopkins] “Heaven-Haven” (A nun takes the veil) I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail, And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.

[salovie]

A Cento, Courtesy of Gerard Manley Hopkins

what sights you, heart, saw;

lovelier, more dangerous,

gash gold-vermilion

in ten thousand places

On meadow & river & wind-wandering weed-winding bank.

My heart in hiding

asked to be Where no storms come,

wild nest, no prison.

[poem-today]

A poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Heaven—Haven

A nun takes the veil

I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

1844-1889

[chroniclesofaskull]

Heaven-Haven

I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail, And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea. Gerard Manley Hopkins

[andnomothdestroys]

I have desired to go Where springs not fail To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.

Heaven-Haven, Gerard Manley Hopkins

[seltzerlizard]

Heaven-Haven by Gerard Manley Hopkins

I have desired to go Where springs not fail, To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail, And a few lilies blow. And I have asked to be Where no storms come, Where the green swell is in the havens dumb, And out of the swing of the sea.