NOT, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee; Not untwist—slack they may be—these last strands of man In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. I can; Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.
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Let Him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the desire for spiritual renewal and enlightenment in the midst of darkness.
In this quote, Gerard Manley Hopkins expresses a yearning for divine presence to illuminate and revive the spirit, symbolizing hope and renewal. The imagery of a 'dayspring' and 'crimson-cresseted east' suggests a sunrise, bringing light to the 'dimness' of life, which signifies the struggles and challenges faced by individuals.
Themes
SpiritualityRenewalLightDarknessHope
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a church service to inspire contemplation around spiritual awakening.
More from Gerard Manley Hopkins
All quotes →And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs— Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
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Look at the stars! Look, look up at the skies! Oh look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there!
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Birds buildbut not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine,O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.
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Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.
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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.
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