They are beyond me, are fishes. I stand at the pale of my being And look beyond, and see Fish, in the outerwards, As one stands on a bank and looks in.
D. H. Lawrence
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Fish, Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete verse paragraph acknowledging the limits of human understanding of another form of life.
- Fish, Birds, Beasts and Flowers (1923)
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