VerbumToday’s poem invites us to consider the beauty and agony of aging and uses seasonal imagery to trace the passing of time.
Spring and Fall
By Gerard Manley Hopkins
to a young child
Welcome to Verbum’s new series on sacred poetry. Each week for the next several months, we’re featuring entries from respected poets on divine subjects. Today’s poem is “The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe.” It’s a longer poem, but a...
Welcome to Verbum’s new series on sacred poetry. Each week for the next several months, we’re featuring entries from respected poets on divine subjects.
We’ll begin by looking at a poem from Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889).