Ask of her, the mighty mother:
Her reply puts this other
Question: What is Spring?-
Growth in everything. (Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Ask of her, the mighty mother: Her reply puts this other Question: What is Spring?- Growth in everything.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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