Gerard Manley Hopkins


She Schools The Flighty Pupils Of Her Eyes

She schools the flighty pupils of her eyes,
With levell'd lashes stilling their disquiet;
She puts in leash her pair'd lips lest suprise
Bare the condition of a realm at riot.
If he suspect that she has ought to sigh at
His injury she'll avenge with raging shame.
She kept her love-thoughts on most lenten diet,
And learnt her not to startle at his name.


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