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Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins/Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail

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Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
by Gerard Manley Hopkins, edited by Robert Bridges
"Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail"
65644Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins — "Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail"Robert BridgesGerard Manley Hopkins

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Strike, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May's beauty massacre and wispèd wild clouds grow
Out on the giant air; tell Summer No,
Bid joy back, have at the harvest, keep Hope pale.