Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil

December 5, 2024•59 words

Heaven-Haven: A Nun Takes the Veil

I have desired to go

Where springs not fail,

To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail

And a few lilies blow.

And I have asked to be

Where no storms come,

Where the green swell is in the havens dumb,

And out of the swing of the sea.

--Gerard Manley Hopkins

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