[PW] D. H. Lawrence quote search

[Jeanne Schramm]

Try this:  The complete poems of D. H. Lawrence, 1972.   p.368
http://books.google.com/books?id=IwpbAAAAMAAJ&q=%22birds+are+the+life+of+the+skies%22&dq=%22birds+are+the+life+of+the+skies%22&ei=GGF-SJCsLKiSjgGd1ZjtDw&pgis=1

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:19 PM, James Mulder <mulder at missouriwestern.edu>
wrote:

> There is a book out entitled, "The Life of the Skies: Birding at the End
> of Nature" by Jonathan Rosen.   The title is said to come from a poem by
> D.H. Lawrence who declared that "birds are the life of the skies, and
> when they fly, they reveal the thoughts of the skies."  Can anyone
> identify the poem?
>
> The following statement was from the Audobon Magazine website:
> D.H. Lawrence, in his poetry collection, Birds, Beasts and Flowers,
> declares that "birds are the life of the skies, and when they fly, they
> reveal the thoughts of the skies."  For many years I used to quote that
> line incorrectly—I thought it was "when they sing, they reveal the
> thoughts of the sky." I was very happy when I realized I was wrong.
> Birds can't articulate meaning with their voices, much as we may love
> their songs. It is their bodies that speak the truth. Nerdy, wordy
> birding isn't an intellectual activity. The bird is either there or it
> isn't.  http://www.audubonmagazine.org/journal/journal0803.html
>
> I have checked the book mentioned, "Birds, Beasts and Flowers" but I did
> not see this line.
>
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