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Dreams Old

by D. H. Lawrence

 I have opened the window to warm my hands on the sill
Where the sunlight soaks in the stone: the afternoon 
Is full of dreams, my love, the boys are all still 
In a wistful dream of Lorna Doone. 

The clink of the shunting engines is sharp and fine,
Like savage music striking far off, and there 
On the great, uplifted...Read more of this...

Form: Free verse

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