Gerard Manley HopkinsAll things therefore are charged with love, are charged with God and if we knew how to touch them give off sparks and take fire, yield drops and flow, ring and tell of him.
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Shakespeare wrote of the power of all things to give off sparks and take fire, yield drops of water and flow, ring and tell of him. He was talking about nature, how it works with water, air, dirt, etc. to produce beautiful things.
Source: Letters To Robert Bridges And Correspondence With Richard Watson Dixon
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