13th International DH Lawrence Conference

Information for the teachers and scholars of D H Lawrence

DH Lawrence Society

The next DH Lawrence International Conference organised by the DH Lawrence Society of North America  will take place from June 23rd to 27th 2014 in Gagnano, Italy.

For more information about the Conference visit the DHLNA website.

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'Dying Speech of An Old Philosopher', AKS Diaries, W S Landor

I strove with none , for none was worth my strife.

Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art:

I warm’d both hands before the fire of life;

It sinks, and I am ready to depart.

– W.S. Landor

(1775-1864)

This is recorded in AKS Diary ‘on 13.06.2005’. These are from the just four-line powerful poem of W. H. Landor (1775-1964) titled ‘ Dying Speech of An Old Philosopher’. Landor’s best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer.