Conrad Aiken
American novelist and poet (1889–1973)
Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer of poetry, short stories, novels, and a book about himself (autobiography).
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- "All lovely things must have an ending
- All lovely things must fade and die
- And Youth, that's now so bravely spending
- Must beg a penny by and by"[1]
- "I love you, what star do you live on?"[2]
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- "Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead."
- "Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know."
References
- ↑ All Lovely Things
- ↑ Aiken, Conrad (1918). The Charnal Rose, Senlin: a Biography. Four Seas.
Other websites
Conrad Aiken on the English Wikipedia
