Allusions

"A strain of the earth's sweet being in the beginning
In Eden garden. -Have, get, before it cloy,
Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning..."

First off, I am not sure I really understood this poem.  However, I did notice the allusions in the poem "Spring" by Gerard Manley Hopkins .  First, he alluded to the Garden of Eden. He refers to Eden to show what earth was like before humans affected it.  It was sweet in the beginning before humans tainted it with sin.  Then, Hopkins also alludes to Jesus.  He refers to how Jesus came to save humans from sin.  The purpose of these allusions is to show how humans have corrupted to beauty of the earth and spring, but also show how we were redeemed when Jesus saved us.