Twentieth-century American PoetryConrad Aiken |
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Page 130
... dust , although the dust be vile , Sleeps as thy lover for a little while . Minotaur NO study to disdain G The frail , the over - fine Which tapers to a line Knotted about the brain . Unscrupulous to pinch And polish down the thin And ...
... dust , although the dust be vile , Sleeps as thy lover for a little while . Minotaur NO study to disdain G The frail , the over - fine Which tapers to a line Knotted about the brain . Unscrupulous to pinch And polish down the thin And ...
Page 146
... dust wouldn't move— She - Wouldn't crawl , wouldn't rise , wouldn't fly- He - And cover us all over- She - Like a spider - web - ugh ! He - Everlasting dust has been most of our life- She - Everlasting years and years of dust ! He - You ...
... dust wouldn't move— She - Wouldn't crawl , wouldn't rise , wouldn't fly- He - And cover us all over- She - Like a spider - web - ugh ! He - Everlasting dust has been most of our life- She - Everlasting years and years of dust ! He - You ...
Page 308
... dust - hill , ladies , ladies ; A running ant from the dust - hill , gentlemen ; Look out of the window ; here I am ; Look back to the bedroom ; here I am . Sleep ; and we'll fall together , gentlemen— Falling towers and crumpled gowns ...
... dust - hill , ladies , ladies ; A running ant from the dust - hill , gentlemen ; Look out of the window ; here I am ; Look back to the bedroom ; here I am . Sleep ; and we'll fall together , gentlemen— Falling towers and crumpled gowns ...
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arms beauty birds blood blue bones boughs breast breath bright clouds CONRAD AIKEN dance dark dead death deep dream dust E. E. Cummings earth Emily Dickinson eyes face fall fingers fire flame flesh flower garden gone grass green hair hand He-I He-Minikin hear heard heart heaven JOSÉ GARCIA VILLA kind gentlemen kiss knew lady laugh leaves light live look Manikin mind moon morning mountains move muted music never night ocean pale petal Poems R. P. BLACKMUR rain river ROBERT HILLYER rose round shadow shine silence singing sleep smile snow song soul sound spring stars stone summer sweet T. S. Eliot thee thin things thou thought tongue tree Trumbull Stickney turn twilight Vincent Millay voice walk wall waves whisper wind window wings word yellow yellow dwarf