When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker ar…

D. H. Lawrence
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When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker around me, I forget my bereavement, The gap in the great constellation, The place where a star used to be ✨ D.H. Lawrence (2013). Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated), p.4233, Delphi Classics
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When along the pavement, Palpitating flames of life, People flicker around me, I forget my bereavement, The gap in the great constellation, The place where a star used to be ✨ D.H. Lawrence (2013). Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated), p.4233, Delphi Classics

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