Love
River Roses
From Look! We Have Come Through! (1917)
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 with 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."
Codex Note
By the Isar in the twilight the lovers sing and swing in a fir-tree. They whisper 'No one knows us', and the poem ends in the marsh with a sense of fear abroad.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lawrence, D. H. “River Roses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/29/.
Chicago
Lawrence, D. H. “River Roses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/29/.
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