Monday, December 20, 2010

Black against White; or, The Snow-Shoer; or, The Winter Cat.


The snow floats down upon us, mingled with rain . . .
It eddies around pale lilac lamps, and falls
Down golden-windowed walls.


We were all born of flesh, in a flare of pain,
We do not remember the red roots whence we rose,
But we know that we rose and walked, that after a while
We shall lie down again.
 
(The House of Dust, Conrad Aiken)

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