Out of this oubliette between the mountains
five valleys go, five passes like gates;
three of them black in shadow, two of them bright
with distant sunshine;
and sunshine fills one high valley bed,
green grass shining, and little white houses
like quartz crystals,
little, but distinct a way off.
Why don't I go?
Why do I crawl about this pot, this oubliette,
stupidly?
Why don't I go?
But where?
If I come to a pine-wood, I can't say
Now I am arrived!
What are so many straight trees to me!
STERZING
Misery
D. H. Lawrence (david Herbert Richards)
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Poem topics: green, grass, white, shadow, bright, straight, valley, black, high, shining, sunshine, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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