the sky with two colours spotted cows swimming trout fish fallen chestnuts and the wings of finches All these natural objects show variety and beauty Hopkins believes that every small thing in nature is a gift from God By praising nature he is actually praising God Variety and Beauty in Nature Hopkins especially loves variety in nature He does not praise only beautiful or perfect things He also praises strange and uneven things In Pied Beauty he praises Swift slow sweet sour adazzle dim This shows that both good and bad bright and dark fast and slow are part of God s creation Hopkins teaches that God s beauty can be seen in all kinds of natural things Nature with all its differences shows the greatness of God s creative power Nature Leading to Religious Feeling In The Windhover written in Hopkins describes a falcon flying in the morning sky He watches the bird dive glide and turn in the air He describes the bird as the morning s favorite and the prince of daylight Morning's minion king-dom of daylight's dauphin The beauty and power of the bird fill him with joy This natural sight leads him to think about Christ The bird becomes a sign of God s glory In this poem a simple natural scene turns into a deep religious experience Nature and Human Life Hopkins also connects nature with human life and religion In Spring and Fall a young child cries when she sees leaves falling from trees The falling leaves are part of nature But they also remind the poet of human life and death Just as leaves fall humans also must die one day As he writes It is the blight man was born for So the natural scene of falling leaves shows that sorrow change and death are part of God s plan for human beings Nature and Suffering In Felix Randal Hopkins shows nature and religion through human life and work Felix was a farrier who worked with horses Horses and hard work are part of everyday life and nature When Felix becomes sick and dies the poet shows how suffering brings him closer to God The speaker who is a priest prays for Felix God rest him all road ever he offended In conclusion Hopkins beautifully combines nature and religion in his poems He sees nature as a clear sign of God s glory power and love Through birds colours seasons and human life he shows that God is present everywhere His appreciation of nature is deeply religious His poems teach us to see God in the small and ordinary things around us and to praise Him always