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Quotation from God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.”

Gerard Manley Hopkins (spoken by The speaker)

God's Grandeur, Lines 13-14 (Bridges, 1918)

Portrait of Gerard Manley Hopkins

The closing explanation of why morning always returns, uniting the Spirit of Genesis 1:2 with the image of a brooding bird.

Citation: "Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings." — Gerard Manley Hopkins, God's Grandeur, Lines 13-14 (Bridges, 1918). (id gods-grandeur-q5)

Portrait: GerardManleyHopkins, Unknown author, Public domain.

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