Towery city |&| branchy between towers; <br /> Cuckoo-echoing, bell-swarm{`e}d, lark charm{`e}d, rook racked, <br />river-rounded; <br /> The dapple-eared lily below thee; that country |&| town did <br /> Once encounter in, here coped |&| pois{`e}d powers; <br /> Thou hast a base |&| brickish skirt there, sours <br /> That neighbour-nature thy grey beauty is grounded <br /> Best in; graceless growth, thou hast confounded <br /> Rural, rural keeping -- folk, flocks, |&| flowers. <br /> <br /> Yet ah! this air I gather |&| I release <br /> He lived on: these weeds |&| waters, these walls are what <br /> He haunted who of all men most sways my spirits to peace; <br /> Of realty the rarest-vein{`e}d unraveller; a not <br /> Rivalled insight, be rival Italy or Greece; <br /> Who f{'i}red Fr{'a}nce for M{'a}ry with{'o}ut sp{'o}t.<br /><br />Gerard Manley Hopkins<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/duns-scotus-s-oxford-2/
