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CALL INTO DEATH, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Since I lost you, my darling, the sky has come near
Last Line: Where you are lost, what rest, my love, what rest!
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H.
Variant Title(s): Elegy
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


SINCE I lost you, my darling, the sky has come near,
And I am of it, the small sharp stars are quite near,
The white moon going among them like a white bird among snow-berries,
And the sound of her gently rustling in heaven like a bird I hear.

And I am willing to come to you now, my dear,
As a pigeon lets itself off from a cathedral dome
To be lost in the haze of the sky, I would like to come,
And be lost out of sight with you, and be gone like foam.

For I am tired, my dear, and if I could lift my feet,
My tenacious feet from off the dome of the earth
To fall like a breath within the breathing wind
Where you are lost, what rest, my love, what rest!






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