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Born in August 5, 1889 / Died in August 17, 1973 / United States / English

Poems by Conrad Aiken

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Turns And Movies: Rose And Murray

... And while he sleeps, knowing she ought to hate, ...

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Turns And Movies: The Cornet

... Through the whirled sinister sun he saw them pass,—Lovely immortals gone, yet existing somewhere, ...

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Turns And Movies: Violet Moore And Bert Moore

... And when she dances his young heart swells ...

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Turns And Movies: Zudora

... . .' But still she hears the soundOf a stateroom door shut hard, and footsteps going ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 01: 04:

... And some of them steadily glowed, and some soon vanished, ...

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Red Is The Color Of Blood

... It mounts from the heart to the temples, the singing mouth- ...

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Improvisations: Light And Snow: 11

... And the white lamps, and the orange lamps, and the lamps of lilac were there, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 05:

... And oaks are stripped and bare, and smoke with lightning: ...

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Miracles

... And lift our hearts to the yellow star in the green, ...

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Herman Melville

... Your towers again but towers now blest ...

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Stage Direction

... Eastward, the other stars disposed, — or indisposed ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 12:

... was it I? They have quenched the fires, they dance in the darkness, ...

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The Lovers

... and the janitor sings ‘they’ll soon be lighting candles ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 03: 10:

... To this deep room, and looked through rose-stained windows, ...

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The House Of Dust: Part 02: 03

... The sun seems warmer, the winding street more bright, ...