Father Gerard Hopkins, S. J.
Why didst thou carve thy speech laboriously,And match and blend thy words with curious art?For Song, one saith, is but a human heartSpeaking aloud, undisciplined and free.Nay, God be praised, Who fixed thy task for thee!Austere, ecstatic craftsman, set apartFrom all who traffic in Apollo's mart,On thy phrased paten shall the Splendour be!Now, carelessly we throw a rhyme to God,Singing His praise when other songs are done.But thou, who knewest paths Teresa trod,Losing thyself, what is it thou hast won?O bleeding feet, with peace and glory shod!O happy moth, that flew into the Sun!
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