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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOMENT, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: The clouds had made a crimson crown
Last Line: As if it had not been.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos
Subject(s): Love - Beginnings
First Line: The clouds had made a crimson crown
Last Line: As if it had not been.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos
Subject(s): Love - Beginnings
THE clouds had made a crimson crown
Above the mountains high.
The stormy sun was going down
In a stormy sky.
Why did you let your eyes so rest on me,
And hold your breath between?
In all the ages this can never be
As if it had not been.
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