Love
Aware
From Love Poems and Others (1913)
LoveNature
Slowly the moon is rising out of the ruddy haze,
Divesting herself of her golden shift, and so
Emerging white and exquisite; and I in amaze
See in the sky before me, a woman I did not know
I loved, but there she goes and her beauty hurts my heart;
I follow her down the night, begging her not to depart.
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Codex Note
Six lines: the moon rises out of the ruddy haze, divesting herself of her golden shift, and the speaker sees in the sky 'a woman I did not know I loved'.
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MLA
Lawrence, D. H. “Aware.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/5/.
Chicago
Lawrence, D. H. “Aware.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/5/.
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