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Bay: A Book of Poems (Collected Works of D.H. Lawrence)
Bay A Book of Poems - Collected Works of D.H. Lawrence Author:D.H. Lawrence THE LITTLE TOWN AT EVENINGTHE chime of the bells, and the church clock striking eightSolemnly and distinctly cries down the babel of children still playing in the hay.The church draws nearer upon us, gentle and greatIn shadow, covering us up with her grey.Like drowsy children the houses fall asleepUnder the fleece of shadow, as in betweenTall ... more »and dark the church moves, anxious to keepTheir sleeping, cover them soft unseen.Hardly a murmur comes from the sleeping brood,I wish the church had covered me up with the restIn the home-place. Why is it she should excludeMe so distinctly from sleeping with those I love best?« less