“Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.”
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Hopkins, G. M. (n.d.). Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38674-nothing-is-so-beautiful-as-spring-when-weeds/
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley. “Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38674-nothing-is-so-beautiful-as-spring-when-weeds/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Hopkins, Gerard Manley. “Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38674-nothing-is-so-beautiful-as-spring-when-weeds/.