Strike, Churl

Portrait of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins 1844–1889

Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail May's beauty massacre and wispèd 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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