Kisses in the Train
D. H. Lawrence
1885 to 1930
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I saw the midlands
Revolve through her hair;
The of autumn
Stretching bare,
And sheep on the pasture
back in a scare.
And still as ever
The went round,
My mouth on her pulsing
Neck was found,
And my breast to her beating
Breast was bound.
my heart at the centre
Of all, in a
Was still as a pivot,
As all the ground
its prowling orbit
Shifted round.
And still in my
The scent of her flesh,
And still my wet
Sought her afresh;
And still one pulse
Through the did thresh.
And the world all whirling
Around in
Like the dance of a dervish
Did destroy
My sense—and my reason
Spun like a toy.
But firm at centre
My heart was found;
Her own to my
Heart-beat bound,
Like a magnet’s keeper
Closing the round.