Birdcage Walk

Portrait of D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence 1885–1930

When the wind blows her veil And uncovers her laughter I cease, I turn pale. When the wind blows her veil From the woes I bewail Of love and hereafter: When the wind blows her veil I cease, I turn pale.

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