"The Sea and the Skylark" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

[View this email on a browser]( [Forward to a friend]( [facebook-icon]( [tumblr-icon]( [twitter-icon]( May 11, 2019 [The Sea and the Skylark]( [Gerard Manley Hopkins]( On ear and ear two noises too old to end Trench—right, the tide that ramps against the shore; With a flood or a fall, low lull-off or all roar, Frequenting there while moon shall wear and wend. Left hand, off land, I hear the lark ascend, His rash-fresh re-winded new-skeinèd score In crisps of curl off wild winch whirl, and pour And pelt music, till none’s to spill nor spend. How these two shame this shallow and frail town! How ring right out our sordid turbid time, Being pure! We, life’s pride and cared-for crown, Have lost that cheer and charm of earth’s past prime: Our make and making break, are breaking, down To man’s last dust, drain fast towards man’s first slime. [Like this on Facebook]( [Share via Twitter]( This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on May 11, 2019, by the Academy of American Poets. ["The Sea and the Skylark" by Hopkins]( About This Poem “The Sea and the Skylark” was published in Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Humphrey Milford, 1918). [Gerard Manley Hopkins]( Gerard Manley Hopkins was born July 28, 1844, in Essex, England. Though he was regarded as one of the Victorian era’s greatest poets, his poems were never published during his lifetime. He died in Dublin, Ireland, in 1889. [more-at-poets]( [Hopkins]( Poetry by Hopkins [Hopkins]( (Everyman’s Library, 1995) "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy [read-more]( "Swans" by Sara Teasdale [read-more]( "Gulls" by William Carlos Williams [read-more]( May Guest Editor: Victoria Chang Thanks to [Victoria Chang](, author of Barbie Chang (Copper Canyon Press, 2017), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month’s weekdays. Read a [Q&A with Chang]( about her curatorial approach this month and find out more about our [guest editors for the year.]( [make a one-time donation]( [illustration]( [Small-Blue-RGB-poets.org-Logo]( Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit [Poets.org](. You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click [here](. © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038