LAWRENCE DH Autograph Manuscript Signed fair copy of his poe

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"SHE OPENED HER EYES, AND GREEN" LAWRENCE, D.H. Autograph Manuscript Signed, fair copy of his poem, "Green," on a leaf removed from an autograph album. 1 page, small 8vo; faint scattered foxing, signature of Italo Tavolato at lower edge verso. Np, 10 February 1920

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"The dawn was apple-green
"The sky was green wine held up
"in the sun
"The moon was a golden petal
"between.
"She opened her eyes, and green
"Her eyes shone, clear like flowers
"undone
"For the first time, now for the first
"time seen."
Lawrence met Emma Maria Frieda Johanna Freiin von Richthofen in 1912 when she was married to a professor at University College Nottingham. After her divorce, Lawrence married Frieda, whose eyes were green, in 1915.