Thursday, January 1, 2004
God Lay Dead In Heaven; Comments
Rating: ★2.4
God lay dead in heaven;
Angels sang the hymn of the end;
Purple winds went moaning,
Their wings drip-dripping
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7/21/2025 5:28:06 PM # 1.0.0
I knew this poem from reading Crane since my university days. It never became a favorite but when I arrived home from work on November 22,1963, I immediately rummaged through my Crane poems to read it again and weep at the last few lines.