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Secular or Eclectic

20th Century

About D. H. Lawrence

Timeline (1885 - 1930)

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Original Language
English

Self Pity

Themes

Birds

Death

Recommended Books

	Acts of Attention: The Poems of D. H. Lawrence, by D. H. Lawrence
	Birds, Beasts and Flowers: Poems, by D. H. Lawrence
	The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence, by D. H. Lawrence
	Engendering Inspiration: Visionary Strategies in Rilke, Lawrence, and H.D., by Helen Sword
	The Selected Poems of D. H. Lawrence, by D. H. Lawrence

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I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

-- from The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence, by D. H. Lawrence

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