Love

Return

by D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930

From Love Poems and Others (1913)

Love

Now I am come again, you who have so desired
My coming, why do you look away from me?
Why does your cheek burn against me--have I inspired
Such anger as sets your mouth unwontedly?

Ah, here I sit while you break the music beneath
Your bow; for broken it is, and hurting to hear:
Cease then from music--does anguish of absence bequeath
Me only aloofness when I would draw near?

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Lawrence, D. H. “Return.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/68/.

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Lawrence, D. H. “Return.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/68/.

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