Christ, and the mother of Christ and all his hallows.

THE HABIT OF PERFECTION

By Gerard Hopkins, S.J.

Elected Silence, sing to me

And beat upon my whorled ear,

Pipe me to pastures still and be

The music that I care to hear.

Shape nothing, lips; be lovely-dumb:

It is the shut, the curfew sent

From there where all surrenders come