The poem expresses above all a posi

The poem expresses above all a positive vision. Despite the generations, the wearing down of grass, the small, there exists scarcely beneath the surface the eteenal vitality and freshness of God. This energy leaps forth at every slightest opportunity, at every dawn, from within everything. Hopkins' powerful optimism easily raises us above the routine of toil, as a flash of true feeling can illuminate our profoundest depressions.