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Слушать(AI)Improvisations Light And Snow 04
On the day when my uncle and I drove to the cemetery,
Rain rattled on the roof of the carriage;
And talkng constrainedly of this and
We refrained from looking at the child’s coffin on the seat before us.
When we reached the
We found that the thin snow on the
Was already transparent with rain;
And boards had been laid upon
That we might walk without wetting our feet.

Conrad Potter Aiken
Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, an
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