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Poem by David Herbert Lawrence


Self-Pity


I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself. 



David Herbert Lawrence


David Herbert Lawrence's other poems:
  1. She-Goat
  2. He-Goat
  3. Bei Hennef
  4. Discord in Childhood
  5. In Trouble and Shame


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