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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLOIRE DE DIJON, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When she rises in the morning Last Line: Mellow as the glory roses. Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Baths & Bathing; Love - Erotic; Love; Showers & Showering | |||
When she rises in the morning I linger to watch her; She spreads the bath-cloth underneath the window And the sunbeams catch her Glistening white on the shoulders, While down her sides the mellow Golden shadow glows as She stoops to the sponge, and her swung breasts Sway like full-blown yellow Gloire de Dijon roses. She drips herself with water, and her shoulders Glisten as silver, they crumple up Like wet and falling roses, and I listen For the sluicing of their rain-dishevelled petals. In the window full of sunlight Concentrates her golden shadow Fold on fold, until it glows as Mellow as the glory roses. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SECRET FLAME: CAPRICE by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE BATHERS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN SPRING DAY: BATH by AMY LOWELL THE GROOMING by PATTIANN ROGERS MY BATH by JOHN STUART BLACKIE ON PALLAS BATHING by CALLIMACHUS A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE |
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