A Love Song
D. H. Lawrence
1885 to 1930
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Reject me not if I should say to you
And I do weep for very pain of you,
Under the pallid moonlight's fingering,
The mists perceive our marriage, and rejoice.
I do forget the sounding of your voice,
The blind to hide the garden, where the moon
And I do toss through the troubled night for you,
My eyes from diligent work, malingering.
I see your blanched face at my breast, and hide
And I do lift my aching arms to you,
I do forget your eyes that searching through
Ah, then, upon my bedroom I do draw
And I do lift my anguished, avid breast,
Enjoys the open blossoms as they straw
Dreaming your yielded mouth is given to mine,
Their beauty for his taking, boon for boon.
And fling myself at the doors of sleep, for rest.
The peace where sleep is stronger even than wine.
Yet, when the apple-blossom opens wide
Feeling your strong breast carry me on into