Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil

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Heaven--Haven: A Nun Takes The Veil by Gerard Manley Hopkins

 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.

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