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The poetry of Lawrence doesn't conceal the inferiority of men and culture to nature and the wilderness. Seemingly, this provocative inferiority has made the society and rather many readers uncomfortable and displeased. But readers' disagreement with Lawrence means that deep-rooted anthropocentric consciousness has been prevailing and Lawrence subversive inversion is concreted into ‘Hymn of an Animal Life' in his poems. Lawrence's hymn goes beyond ‘reductionism’ or ‘the recovery of the relationship between man and nature’ as it includes ‘the way of living in nature as a part of it.’ Nature in his hymns is ‘not for man’ or ‘an object to experience’ but ‘a place to live in.’ Lawrence believes that the ‘elan vital’ for man is secured only by nature. The major concern of ecological minds is the problem of ‘practice.’ Nowadays virtual reality is ever present, so many human experiences are undergone only by cognition. Therefore, there should be more direct and tangible eco-centrical tactics. In Lawrence's hymn, man is only an animal which can do nothing without nature. The outspoken frankness of Lawrence’s hymn can be a good eye-opener to the present crisis of nature.