Back to series
God's Grandeur
Click here to open a Print - Friendly PDF
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
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.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins, (1844 – 1889) was an English poet and a Jesuit priest. Educated at Oxford, he also taught classics, Greek literature, composed music, and produced fine drawings, most of themes of nature. He died of typhoid fever before any of his poems were published.
COPYRIGHT: This publication is published by C.S. Lewis Institute; 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 301; Springfield, VA 22151. Portions of the publication may be reproduced for noncommercial, local church or ministry use without prior permission. Electronic copies of the PDF files may be duplicated and transmitted via e-mail for personal and church use. Articles may not be modified without prior written permission of the Institute. For questions, contact the Institute: 703.914.5602 or email us.
-
Recent Podcasts
From Anti-Christian to Pastor – Brian Smith’s Story
Brian grew up in a small Georgia town...Read More
- Time With God
- Faith and Reason – Henare Whaanga’s Story
-
Recent Publications
Why Are Christians So Hypocritical?
Oh, the hypocrisy of those Christians—they talk so...Read More
- How Artists and Their Art Can Point Us to the Creator
- What about Jesus’s Childhood?
Next coming event
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
GLOBAL EVENT: Sentenced to Death with Maryam Rostampour-Keller, 8:00PM ET
Upcoming Event:
