When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes.

Otto Harbach

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

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Topic

Failed relationships Lost love

Author

Otto Harbach

Source

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Songwriter

From

United States

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Citation

Harbach, Otto. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." Roberta. Composed by Jerome Kern. 1933, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, NY, USA.

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.

T.S. Eliot

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Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
Burnt Norton Four Quartets
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.