Conrad Aiken

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Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5 1889 – August 17 1973) was an American writer of poetry, short story|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

— From All Lovely Things

I love you, what star do you live on? Conrad Aiken

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. Conrad Aiken

Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know. Conrad Aiken