Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALL OF ROSES, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE


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First Line: By the isar, in the twilight
Last Line: "here in this simmering marsh."
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Variant Title(s): River Roses
Subject(s): Fear; Flowers; Roses


By the Isar, in the twilight
We were wandering and singing,
By the Isar, in the evening
We climbed the huntsman's ladder and sat swinging
In the fir-tree overlooking the marshes,
While river met river, and the ringing
Of their pale-green glacier water filled the evening.

By the Isar, in the twilight
We found the dark wild roses
Hanging red at the river, and simmering
Frogs were singing, and over the river closes
Was savour of ice and of roses; and glimmering
Fear was abroad. We whispered: "No one knows us.
Let it be as the snake disposes
Here in this simmering marsh."




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