Parliament Hill in the Evening / D.H. Lawrence



The houses fade in a melt of mist 
Blotching the thick, soiled air 
With reddish places that still resist 
The Night's slow care. 

The hopeless, wintry twilight fades, 
The city corrodes out of sight 
As the body corrodes when death invades 
That citadel of delight. 

Now verdigris smoulderings softly spread 
Through the shroud of the town, as slow 
Night-lights hither and thither shed 
Their ghastly glow.

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