The Caged Skylark

As a winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word,
A winged-word, a winged-word, a winged-word.
As a painted child cannot be there,
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
As a painted child cannot be there,
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.
So I will not look that way.

About Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jesuit priest and poet, pioneer of sprung rhythm, whose innovative verse was published posthumously.

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