AARON'S ROD
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE BLUE BALL
CHAPTER II ROYAL OAK
CHAPTER III "THE LIGHTED TREE”
CHAPTER IV "THE PILLAR OF SALT”
CHAPTER V AT THE OPERA
CHAPTER VI TALK
CHAPTER VII THE DARK SQUARE GARDEN
CHAPTER VIII A PUNCH IN THE WIND
CHAPTER IX LOW-WATER MARK
CHAPTER X THE WAR AGAIN
CHAPTER XI MORE PILLAR OF SALT
CHAPTER XII NOVARA
CHAPTER XIII WIE ES IHNEN GEFAELLT
CHAPTER XIV XX SETTEMBRE
CHAPTER XV A RAILWAY JOURNEY
CHAPTER XVI FLORENCE
CHAPTER XVII HIGH UP OVER THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE
CHAPTER XVIII THE MARCHESA
CHAPTER XIX CLEOPATRA, BUT NOT ANTHONY
CHAPTER XX THE BROKEN ROD
CHAPTER XXI WORDS
FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Foreword vii
I. Introduction 1
II. The Holy Family 14
III. Plexuses, Planes and So On 29
IV. Trees and Babies and Papas and Mamas 42
V. The Five Senses 64
VI. First Glimmerings of Mind 85
VII. First Steps in Education 101
VIII. Education and Sex in Man, Woman and Child 119
IX. The Birth of Sex 140
X. Parent Love 164
XI. The Vicious Circle 185
XII. Litany of Exhortations 209
XIII. Cosmological 214
XIV. Sleep and Dreams 234
XV. The Lower Self 263
Epilogue 291
TORTOISES
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
BABY TORTOISE
TORTOISE-SHELL
TORTOISE FAMILY CONNECTIONS
LUI ET ELLE
TORTOISE GALLANTRY
TORTOISE SHOUT
THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER
and Other Stories
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
The Prussian Officer
The Thorn in the Flesh
Daughters of the Vicar
A Fragment of Stained Glass
The Shades of Spring
Second Best
The Shadow in the Rose Garden
Goose Fair
The White Stocking
A Sick Collier
The Christening
Odour of Chrysanthemums
THE RAINBOW
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
I How Tom Brangwen Married a Polish Lady
II They Live at the Marsh
III Childhood of Anna Lensky
IV Girlhood of Anna Brangwen
V Wedding at the Marsh
VI Anna Victrix
VII The Cathedral
VIII The Child
IX The Marsh and the Flood
X The Widening Circle
XI First Love
XII Shame
XIII The Man's World
XIV The Widening Circle
XV The Bitterness of Ecstasy
XVI The Rainbow
AMORES
Poems
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
THE WILD COMMON
STUDY
DISCORD IN CHILDHOOD
VIRGIN YOUTH
MONOLOGUE OF A MOTHER
IN A BOAT
WEEK-NIGHT SERVICE
IRONY
DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT
DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT
A WINTER'S TALE
EPILOGUE
A BABY RUNNING BAREFOOT
DISCIPLINE
SCENT OF IRISES
THE PROPHET
LAST WORDS TO MIRIAM
MYSTERY
PATIENCE
BALLAD OF ANOTHER OPHELIA
RESTLESSNESS
A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN
ANXIETY
THE PUNISHER
THE END
THE BRIDE
THE VIRGIN MOTHER
AT THE WINDOW
DRUNK
SORROW
DOLOR OF AUTUMN
THE INHERITANCE
SILENCE
LISTENING
BROODING GRIEF
LOTUS HURT BY THE COLD
MALADE
LIAISON
TROTH WITH THE DEAD
DISSOLUTE
SUBMERGENCE
THE ENKINDLED SPRING
REPROACH
THE HANDS OF THE BETROTHED
EXCURSION
PERFIDY
A SPIRITUAL WOMAN
MATING
A LOVE SONG
BROTHER AND SISTER
AFTER MANY DAYS
BLUE
SNAP-DRAGON
A PASSING BELL
IN TROUBLE AND SHAME
ELEGY
GREY EVENING
FIRELIGHT AND NIGHTFALL
THE MYSTIC BLUE
LOVE POEMS AND OTHERS
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
LOVE POEMS:- PAGE
Wedding Morn i.
Kisses in the Train iii.
Cruelty and Love v.
Cherry Robbers viii.
Lilies in the Fire ix.
Coldness in Love xi.
End of another Home-Holiday xiii.
Reminder xvi.
Bei Hennef xviii.
Lightning xix.
Song-Day in Autumn xxi.
Aware xxiii.
A Pang of Reminiscence xxiv.
A White Blossom xxv.
Red Moon-Rise xxvi.
Return xxviii.
The Appeal xxix.
Repulsed xxx.
Dream-Confused xxxii.
Corot xxxiii.
Morning Work xxxv.
Transformations xxxvi.
Renascence xxxviii.
Dog-Tired xl.
Michael-Angelo xli.
DIALECT POEMS:-
Violets xlii.
Whether or Not xliv.
A Collier's Wife liii.
The Drained Cup lvi.
THE SCHOOLMASTER:-
I. A Snowy Day in School lix.
II. The Best of School lx.
III. Afternoon in School lxiii.
NEW POEMS
By D. H. Lawrence
1918
CONTENTS
APPREHENSION
COMING AWAKE
FROM A COLLEGE WINDOW
FLAPPER
BIRDCAGE WALK
LETTER FROM TOWN: THE
FLAT SUBURBS, S.W., IN THE
THIEF IN THE NIGHT
LETTER FROM TOWN: ON A
SUBURBS ON A HAZY DAY
HYDE PARK AT NIGHT, BEFORE
GIPSY
TWO-FOLD
UNDER THE OAK
SIGH NO MORE
LOVE STORM
PARLIAMENT HILL IN THE
PICCADILLY CIRCUS AT NIGHT
TARANTELLA
IN CHURCH
PIANO
EMBANKMENT AT NIGHT,
PHANTASMAGORIA
NEXT MORNING
PALIMPSEST OF TWILIGHT
EMBANKMENT AT NIGHT,
WINTER IN THE BOULEVARD
SCHOOL ON THE OUTSKIRTS
SICKNESS
EVERLASTING FLOWERS
THE NORTH COUNTRY
BITTERNESS OF DEATH
SEVEN SEALS
READING A LETTER
TWENTY YEARS AGO
INTIME
TWO WIVES
HEIMWEH
DEBACLE
NARCISSUS
AUTUMN SUNSHINE
ON THAT DAY
BAY
A Book Of Poems
By D. H. Lawrence
1919
CONTENTS
GUARDS!
EVOLUTIONS OF SOLDIERS
THE LITTLE TOWN AT EVENING
LAST HOURS
TOWN
AFTER THE OPERA
GOING BACK
ON THE MARCH
BOMBARDMENT
WINTER-LULL
THE ATTACK
OBSEQUIAL ODE
SHADES
BREAD UPON THE WATERS.
RUINATION
RONDEAU OF A CONSCIENTIOUS
TOMMIES IN THE TRAIN
WAR-BABY
NOSTALGIA
LOOK! WE HAVE COME THROUGH!
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ARGUMENT
ELEGY
NONENTITY
MARTYR À LA MODE
DON JUAN
THE SEA
HYMN TO PRIAPUS
BALLAD OF A WILFUL WOMAN
FIRST MORNING
SHE LOOKS BACK
ON THE BALCONY
FROHNLEICHNAM
IN THE DARK
HUMILIATION
GREEN
RIVER ROSES
GLOIRE DE DIJON
ROSE OF ALL THE WORLD
QUITE FORSAKEN
FORSAKEN AND FORLORN
FIREFLIES IN THE CORN
SINNERS
MISERY
WINTER DAWN
WHY DOES SHE WEEP?
GIORNO DEI MORTI
ALL SOULS
LADY WIFE
BOTH SIDES OF THE MEDAL
LOGGERHEADS
DECEMBER NIGHT
NEW YEAR'S EVE
NEW YEAR'S NIGHT
VALENTINE'S NIGHT
BIRTH NIGHT
RABBIT SNARED IN THE NIGHT
PARADISE RE-ENTERED
SPRING MORNING
WEDLOCK
HISTORY
ONE WOMAN TO ALL WOMEN
PEOPLE
STREET LAMPS
NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH
ELYSIUM
MANIFESTO
AUTUMN RAIN
FROST FLOWERS
CRAVING FOR SPRING
SEA AND SARDINIA
By D. H. Lawrence
With Eight Pictures In Color By Jan Juta
CONTENTS
I. As Far As Palermo 11
II. The Sea 44
III. Cagliari 99
IV. Mandas 127
V. To Sorgono 154
VI. To Nuoro 212
VII. To Terranova and the Steamer 260
VIII. Back 312
ILLUSTRATIONS
Orosei Frontispiece
Map—By D. H. Lawrence 44
Isili 100
Tonara 148
Sorgono 180
Fonni 204
Gavoi 236
Nuoro 268
Terranova 300
"THE WHITE PEACOCK"
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
THE WHITE PEACOCK
PART I
CHAPTER I
THE PEOPLE OF NETHERMERE
CHAPTER II
DANGLING THE APPLE
CHAPTER III
A VENDOR OF VISIONS
CHAPTER IV
THE FATHER
CHAPTER V
THE SCENT OF BLOOD
CHAPTER VI
THE EDUCATION OF GEORGE
CHAPTER VII
LETTIE PULLS DOWN THE SMALL GOLD GRAPES
CHAPTER VIII
THE RIOT OF CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER IX
LETTIE COMES OF AGE
PART II
CHAPTER I
STRANGE BLOSSOMS AND STRANGE NEW BUDDING
CHAPTER II
A SHADOW IN SPRING
CHAPTER III
THE IRONY OF INSPIRED MOMENTS
CHAPTER IV
KISS WHEN SHE'S RIPE FOR TEARS
CHAPTER V
AN ARROW FROM THE IMPATIENT GOD
CHAPTER VI
THE COURTING
CHAPTER VII
THE FASCINATION OF THE FORBIDDEN APPLE
CHAPTER VIII
A POEM OF FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER IX
PASTORALS AND PEONIES
PART III
CHAPTER I
A NEW START IN LIFE
CHAPTER II
PUFFS OF WIND IN THE SAIL
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST PAGES OF SEVERAL ROMANCES
CHAPTER III
DOMESTIC LIFE AT THE RAM
CHAPTER IV
THE DOMINANT MOTIF OF SUFFERING
CHAPTER V
PISGAH
CHAPTER VI
THE SCARP SLOPE
CHAPTER VII
A PROSPECT AMONG THE MARSHES OF LETHE
ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
By D. H. Lawrence
CONTENTS
ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
TICKETS, PLEASE
THE BLIND MAN
MONKEY NUTS
WINTRY PEACOCK
YOU TOUCHED ME
SAMSON AND DELILAH
THE PRIMROSE PATH
THE HORSE DEALER'S DAUGHTER
FANNY AND ANNIE
TWILIGHT IN ITALY
By D. H. Lawrence
1916
CONTENTS
THE CRUCIFIX ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
ON THE LAGO DI GARDA
THE SPINNER AND THE MONKS
THE LEMON GARDENS
THE THEATRE
SAN GAUDENZIO
THE DANCE
IL DURO
JOHN
ITALIANS IN EXILE
THE RETURN JOURNEY
THE LOST GIRL
By D. H. Lawrence
1921
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE DECLINE OF MANCHESTER HOUSE
CHAPTER II THE RISE OF ALVINA HOUGHTON
CHAPTER III THE MATERNITY NURSE
CHAPTER IV TWO WOMEN DIE
CHAPTER V THE BEAU
CHAPTER VI HOUGHTON'S LAST ENDEAVOUR
CHAPTER VII NATCHA-KEE-TAWARA
CHAPTER VIII CICCIO
CHAPTER IX ALVINA BECOMES ALLAYE
CHAPTER X THE FALL OF MANCHESTER HOUSE
CHAPTER XI HONOURABLE ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XII ALLAYE ALSO IS ENGAGED
CHAPTER XIII THE WEDDED WIFE
CHAPTER XIV THE JOURNEY ACROSS
CHAPTER XV THE PLACE CALLED CALIFANO
CHAPTER XVI SUSPENSE