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Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Middle-Aged

Middle-Aged


‘Tis but a vague, invarious delight
As gold that rains about some buried king.


As the fine flakes,
Wh…

437
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Monumentum Aere, Etc.

Monumentum Aere, Etc.

You say that I take a good deal upon myself;
That I strut in the robes of assumption.


In a few years no one…

472
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Mauberley

Mauberley


I
Turned from the 'eau-forte
Par Jaquemart'
To the strait head
Of Messalina:


'His true …

444
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Meditatio

Meditatio


When I carefully consider the curious habits of dogs
I am compelled to conclude
That man is the superior animal.

513
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Liu Ch'e

Liu Ch'e

The rustling of the silk is discontinued,
Dust drifts over the court-yard,
There is no sound of foot-fall, and the leaves
Scurry…

434
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Marvoil

Marvoil


A poor clerk I, 'Arnaut the less' they call me,
And because I have small mind to sit
Day long, long day cooped on a stool

506
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Les Millwin

Les Millwin

The little Millwins attend the Russian Ballet.
The mauve and greenish souls of the little Millwins
Were seen lying along the upper se…

436
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

L'Art

L'Art


Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.

456
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

La Regina Avrillouse

La Regina Avrillouse

Lady of rich allure,
Queen of the spring's embrace,
Your arms are long like boughs of ash,
Mid laugh-broken streams,…

435
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Lament of the Frontier Guard

Lament of the Frontier Guard

By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!
Trees fall, the grass g…

607
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Ité

Ité


Go, my songs, seek your praise from the young
and from the intolerant,
Move among the lovers of perfection alone.
Seek ever t…

342
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Invern

Invern


Earth's winter cometh
And I being part of all
And sith the spirit of all moveth in me
I must needs bear earth's winter

472
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

In Tempore Senectutis

In Tempore Senectutis

When I am old
I will not have you look apart
From me, into the cold,
Friend of my heart,
Nor be sad in your…

474
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

IN DURANCE

IN DURANCE

(1907)
1 am homesick after mine own kind,
Oh I know that there are folk about me, friendly faces,
But I am homesick after mine…

494
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (Part I)

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly (Part I)

"Vocat aestus in umbram"
Nemesianus Es. IV.


E. P. Ode pour l'élection de son sépulchre
For …

504
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Impressions Of Francois-Marie Arouet (De Voltaire)

Impressions Of Francois-Marie Arouet (De Voltaire)

I
Phyllidula and the Spoils of Gouvernet


Where, Lady, are the days
Whe…

421
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - XII

Homage To Sextus Propertius - XII

Who, who will be the next man to entrust his girl to a friend?
Love interferes with fidelities;
The gods have b…

708
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - X

Homage To Sextus Propertius - X

.Light, light of my eyes, at an exceeding late hour I was wandering,
And intoxicated,
and no servant was leading …

419
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - VII

Homage To Sextus Propertius - VII

Me happy, night, night full of brightness;
Oh couch made happy by iny long delectations;
How many words talked …

475
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - V

Homage To Sextus Propertius - V

1
Now if ever it is time to cleanse Helicon;
to lead Emathian horses afield,
And to name over the census …

608
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - IV

Homage To Sextus Propertius - IV

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH
LYGDAMUS


Tell me the truths which you hear of our constant young lady…

493
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Sextus Propertius - II

Homage To Sextus Propertius - II

I had been seen in the shade, recumbent on cushioned Helicon,
The water dripping from Bellerophon's horse,
Alba,…

477
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Historion

Historion


No man hath dared to write this thing as yet,
And yet I know, how that the souls of all men great
At times pass athrough us,

454
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound

Homage To Quintus Septimus Florentis Christianus

Homage To Quintus Septimus Florentis Christianus

I
(Ex libris Graecæ)
Theodorus will be pleased at my death,
And .someone else will be pl…

483