Love
A Moment
From Poems (1908)
Love
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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “A Moment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/4/.
Chicago
Coleridge, Mary E. “A Moment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/4/.
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