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1885–1930

EASTWOOD

David Herbert Lawrence

THE stars that open and shut Fall on my shallow breast Like stars on a pool. The soft wind, blowing cool

Laps little crest after crest Of ripples across my breast. And dark grass under my feet Seems to dabble in me

Like grass in a brook. Oh, and it is sweet To be all these things, not to be Any more myself.

For look, I am weary of myself!

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