stardust

"Pied Beauty." (The Victorian Age Poetry, 19th Century. Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins.)

Glory be to God for dappled things-
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls, finches´wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced -fold, fallow, and plough;
And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim.

All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how??)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise God.

Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins. (19th Century Poetry).

JolieH

A wonderful tribute to our heritage. Hopkins has celebrated beauty in not only natures dress, but also how society dresses for work. By the last line:

"He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise God."

I wonder if his child or perhaps a young woman was disapointed to be freckled.

stardust

Dear Jolie:
Thank you for stopping by, reading and offering your kind comments!! I certainly appreciate your kindness, sweet Jolie.
Sincerely, Starry.