A Love Song
D. H. Lawrence
1885 to 1930
Track 1
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And I do lift my aching arms to you,
Dreaming your yielded mouth is given to mine,
I do forget the sounding of your voice,
And fling myself at the doors of sleep, for rest.
The mists perceive our marriage, and rejoice.
And I do weep for very pain of you,
Under the pallid moonlight’s fingering,
My eyes from diligent work, malingering.
And I do lift my anguished, avid breast,
Feeling your strong breast carry me on into
The blind to hide the garden, where the moon
Yet, when the apple-blossom opens wide
The peace where sleep is stronger even than wine.
Enjoys the open blossoms as they straw
Reject me not if I should say to you
Ah, then, upon my bedroom I do draw
I see your blanched face at my breast, and hide
I do forget your eyes that searching through
And I do toss through the troubled night for you,
Their beauty for his taking, boon for boon.
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