Glory
to God for dappled things -
For
skies of couple – color as a brinded cow;
For rose – moles all in stipple
upon trout that swim;
Fresh – fire coal chestnut-falls; finches’
wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced –
fold, fallow and plough;
And all trades, their gear and
tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare and strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who
knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour;
adazzle, dim;
He fathers – forth whose beauty is past change;
Praise
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Gerard Manley Hopkins’ famous poem, “Pied Beauty”,
is the most appropriate epigram because of multiple reasons.
To begin with, it could easily be our grateful prayer of
thanksgiving for being able to establish a dreamland. In
the past two years, we have had the opportunity of appreciating
Nature’s infinite sights, sounds and significances,
while plotting the landscape, or, piecing together the various
resort dwellings, which would retain the pristine glory
of the hill country along with the ultra-modern amenities
we have endeavored to incorporate. Therefore, we readily
chant and gratefully repeat the great poet’s chiseled
words. The Kurumba Village Resort, undoubtedly, contains
an ambience with plenty of poetic possibilities. Our joyful
seeking of a link wi th a jubilant poet’s scintillating
list of Nature’s panorama is simple and natural; we
are also intensely aware of the breath-taking beauty of
the enchanting approaches to The Kurumba Village Resort:
the variously enchanting musical notes of the delightful
chirping of nearly thirty species of birds readily noticeable
in the Resort area.
The unique “sprung” rhythm of Hopkins’
poetry also has links with our thought process which includes
the kaleidoscopic spectacles focused on the stretching skyline
around The Kurumba Village Resort; we also think of the
thrills emanating from fickle and fast-changing climatic
conditions. Our deep appreciation of the meticulousness
with which our architect has mingled the idyllic and pristine
qualities of an ancient land with ultra modern amenities
into a perfectly pleasurable blend has to be recorded at
this juncture..
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