.
Ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior), Nes, Hedmark, Norway: photo by John Erling Blad, 6 July 2008
I know no greater delight than the sheer delight of being alone.
It makes me realise the delicious pleasure of the moon
that she has in travelling by herself: throughout time,
or the splendid growing of an ash-tree
alone, on a hillside in the north, humming in the wind.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930): Delight of Being Alone, from More Pansies, in Last Poems, 1932
It makes me realise the delicious pleasure of the moon
that she has in travelling by herself: throughout time,
or the splendid growing of an ash-tree
alone, on a hillside in the north, humming in the wind.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930): Delight of Being Alone, from More Pansies, in Last Poems, 1932
Giant stone on a field at Nordlia, Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway. Lake Mjøsa in the background. Kampesteinen ved Nordlia på Østre Toten: photo by Øyvind Holmstad, 24 May 2012