My little love, my darling, 
You were a doorway to me; 
You let me out of the confines
Into this strange countrie, 
Where people are crowded like thistles,
Yet are shapely and comely to see.

My little love, my dearest 
Twice have you issued me, 
Once from your womb, sweet mother,
Once from myself, to be
Free of all hearts, my darling, 
Of each heart’s home-life free. 

And so, my love, my mother, 
I shall always be true to you; 
Twice I am born, my dearest,
To life, and to death, in you; 
And this is the life hereafter 
Wherein I am true. 

I kiss you good-bye, my darling, 
Our ways are different now;
You are a seed in the night-time, 
I am a man, to plough 
The difficult glebe of the future 
For God to endow. 

I kiss you good-bye, my dearest,
It is finished between us here.
Oh, if I were calm as you are,
Sweet and still on your bier!
O God, if I had not to leave you
Alone, my dear!

Let the last word be uttered, 
Oh grant the farewell is said! 
Spare me the strength to leave you 
Now you are dead. 
I must go, but my soul lies helpless
Beside your bed. 

Added: Mar 18 2005 | Viewed: 797 times | Comments (0)

Poet: D.H. Lawrence
Poem: The Virgin Mother

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