"The Windhover" is a sonnet written in 1887 by the English poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins, dedicated to "Christ our Lord." In the poem, the speaker recounts the awe-inspiring sight of a kestrel soaring through the air in search of prey. The speaker ultimately stresses that such beauty is in fact "no wonder," because all of God's creation is divinely beautiful.
6 июл 2020
