Philosophy

Friday, August 6, 2010

Flight




"He play'd his wings as tho' for flight; They webb'd the sky with glassy light. His body sway'd upon tiptoes, Like a wind-perplexed rose; In eddies of the wind he went At last up the blue element."
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1844-1889 ~ "Love Preparing to Fly"

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