farmlands He even praises the tools and clothes used in different trades Hopkins shows that both good and bad bright and dark are part of God s beautiful creation Swift slow sweet sour adazzle dim are all God s creation For Hopkins even small and ordinary things in nature are signs of God s presence The Windhover In The Windhover Hopkins sees a falcon flying in the sky He describes the falcon s beauty and power as it flies It is riding the wind It dives glides and turns beautifully in the air The poet depicts it as the morning s favorite and the prince of daylight Morning's minion king- dom of daylight's dauphin Hopkins sees the majesty of God s creation in the beauty of the bird In this poem Hopkins shows how something beautiful in nature can make us think about God Suffering and God s Mercy Hopkins also writes about suffering and God s mercy In Felix Randal written in he writes about a blacksmith Felix who becomes sick and dies At first Felix was angry But later he found peace through God s forgiveness and blessings Hopkins writes My tongue had taught thee comfort Here Hopkins shows God s love and comfort for people during sickness and death The poem teaches that God is with people even in their suffering Death The theme of death is deeply connected to religion Hopkins s Spring and Fall is about death In this poem the child Margaret cries when she sees leaves falling Hopkins says It is the blight man was born for It is Margaret you mourn for Like the falling leaves everything in nature including humans must die We also find death in Felix Randal Felix was a young man and full of energy He was a big-boned and hardy-handsome man But he became ill and death suddenly came for him Hopkins shows that human life is full of changes sorrows and death but these are part of God s plan for humans Praise and Worship Hopkins s poems are often prayers of praise and worship His poems start or end with praising God For example in Pied Beauty the poem begins with Glory be to God And ends with Praise him This shows Hopkins s desire to thank God for everything big or small beautiful or strange In conclusion Hopkins s poems are full of religious feelings and deep faith in God He sees God s glory in nature in suffering and in human life His poems teach us to find God s presence in small things and to praise Him always His poems are truly deeply religious