17. The Prophet. Lawrence, D.H. 1916. Amores

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930). Amores. 1916.

17. The Prophet


AH, my darling, when over the purple horizon shall loom
The shrouded mother of a new idea, men hide their faces,
Cry out and fend her off, as she seeks her procreant groom,
Wounding themselves against her, denying her fecund embraces.