Green

Portrait of D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence 1885–1930

The dawn was apple-green, The sky was green wine held up in the sun, The moon was a golden petal between.

She opened her eyes, and green They shone, clear like flowers undone, For the first time, now for the first time seen.

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