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Quotation from God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;”

Gerard Manley Hopkins (spoken by The speaker)

God's Grandeur, Lines 9-10 (Bridges, 1918)

Portrait of Gerard Manley Hopkins

The volta of the sonnet, where despair over the trodden earth gives way to confidence in nature's hidden freshness.

Citation: "And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;" — Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur, Lines 9-10 (Bridges, 1918). (id gods-grandeur-q4)

Portrait: GerardManleyHopkins, Unknown author, Public domain.

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