God lay dead in heaven; <br />Angels sang the hymn of the end; <br />Purple winds went moaning, <br />Their wings drip-dripping <br />With blood <br />That fell upon the earth. <br />It, groaning thing, <br />Turned black and sank. <br />Then from the far caverns <br />Of dead sins <br />Came monsters, livid with desire. <br />They fought, <br />Wrangled over the world, <br />A morsel. <br />But of all sadness this was sad -- <br />A woman's arms tried to shield <br />The head of a sleeping man <br />From the jaws of the final beast.<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/god-lay-dead-in-heaven-2/
