Repeat That, Repeat

Portrait of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844–1889

Repeat that, repeat, Cuckoo, bird, and open ear wells, heart-springs, delightfully sweet, With a ballad, with a ballad, a rebound Off trundled timber and scoops of the hillside ground, hollow hollow hollow ground: The whole landscape flushes on a sudden at a sound.

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  1. tookie United States

    i like it cuz its short.

  2. Numan Canada

    i like this poem it is pretty cool

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