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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TROTH WITH THE DEAD, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The moon is broken in twain, and half a moon
Last Line: Am lit beneath my heart with a half-moon, weird and blue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
First Line: The moon is broken in twain, and half a moon
Last Line: Am lit beneath my heart with a half-moon, weird and blue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
THE moon is broken in twain, and half a moon
Before me lies on the still, pale floor of the sky;
The other half of the broken coin of troth
Is buried away in the dark, where the dead all lie.
They buried her half in the grave when they laid her away;
Pushed gently away and hidden in the thick of her hair
Where it gathered towards the plait, on that very last day;
And like a moon unshowing it must still shine there.
So half shines in the sky, for a general sign
Of the troth with the dead I pledged myself to keep;
Turning its broken edge to the dark, its shine
Ends like a broken love, that turns to the dark of sleep.
And half lies there in the dark where the dead all lie
Lost and yet still connected; and between the two
Strange beams must travel still, for I feel that I
Am lit beneath my heart with a half-moon, weird and blue.
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