Poems by Conrad Aiken
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 05:
... . . And the fountain dwindles, the sunlight seems to pale ...
The Things
... The house in Broad Street, red brick, with nine rooms ...
Rose and Murray
... And while he sleeps, knowing she ought to hate, ...
Improvisations: Light and Snow: 01
... She thrums the strings aimlessly with her finger-nails ...
Melody In A Restaurant
... And oaks are stripped and bare, and smoke with lightning ...
The Wars and the Unknown Soldier
... battalions locked arms in chaos, the bravest, the heroes, ...
Illicit
... while she, Perplexed and tired, half told me I must go, ...
The Grasshopper
... sipped from a clover leaf would do ...
Improvisations: Light And Snow: 13
... And danced; And as she danced the old house gravely trembled ...
Multitudes Turn In Darkness
... We dream we are numberless sea-waves, languidly foaming ...
The House Of Dust: Part 01: 08:
... . . It seems an enormous sleeper, within whose brain ...
The House Of Dust: Part 03: 04:
... while she, Perplexed and tired, half told me I must go, ...
The House Of Dust: Part 02: 06:
... . . Paul would never forgive herhe'd never forgive her! ...
The House Of Dust: Part 01: 06:
... ' The wind hurls blows at the rain-starred glistening windows, ...
Improvisations: Light And Snow: 09
... . . ! And nevertheless, my heart breaks when I think of them, ...