THE HOUSE OF DUST
A Symphony


BY
CONRAD AIKEN



To Jessie



NOTE

. . . Parts of this poem have been printed in "The North American
Review, Others, Poetry, Youth, Coterie, The Yale Review". . . . I am
indebted to Lafcadio Hearn for the episode called "The Screen Maiden"
in Part II.





THE HOUSE OF DUST



PART I.