Versos English D. H. Lawrence V

English poem

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I don't believe in God. I do believe in avenging gods Who plague us for sins we never sinned But who avenge us.

That's why I'll never have a child, Never shut up a chrysalis in a match-box For the moth to spoil and crush its bright colours, Beating its wings against the dingy prison-wall.