“Music I heard with you was more than music,
And bread I broke with you was more than bread;”

— Conrad Aiken

I, This section is also known as "Bread and Music"
Discordants (1916)
Context: 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.

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American novelist and poet 1889–1973

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