Ah, madame! truly it's not right
When one isn't the real Gioconda,
To adapt her methods and deportment
For snaring the poor world in a blue funk.


'Locutions des Pierrots' (1933)

Hart Crane Quotes

Ah, madame! truly it's not right When one isn't the real Gioconda, To adapt her methods and deportment For snaring the poor world in a blue funk.

Ah, madame! truly it's not right When one isn't the real Gioconda, To adapt her methods and deportment For snaring the poor world in a blue funk.

Ah, madame! truly it's not right When one isn't the real Gioconda, To adapt her methods and deportment For snaring the poor world in a blue funk.

Ah, madame! truly it's not right When one isn't the real Gioconda, To adapt her methods and deportment For snaring the poor world in a blue funk.