Natalie Merchant - Spring And Fall To A Young Child

natalie merchant – spring and fall : to a young child – written for gerald manley
hopkins 1880 poem

C D
margaret , are you grieving
G C Em
over golden grove unleaving? by and by
C D
leaves , like the things of man , you
G C Em
with your fresh thoughts care for , can you?
C D
ah! as the heart grows older
G C
it will come to such sights colder
Em D C
by and by , nor spare a sigh , by and by
C D G
though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie;
C Em
and yet you will weep and know why .
D
now no matter , child , the name :
C Em
sorrows’ springs are all the same . they’re all the same .
C D G
nor mouth had , no nor mind , expressed
C Em
what heart heard of , ghost guessed :
C D
it is the blight man was born for ,
G C Em
it is margaret that you mourn for .