Ezra Pound Poems

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51.
Epilogue

O chansons foregoing
You were a seven days' wonder.
When you came out in the magazines
You created considerable stir in Chicago,
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52.
Fan-Piece, For Her Imperial Lord

53.
Ancient Wisdom, Rather Cosmic

So-shu dreamed,
And having dreamed that he was a bird, a bee, and a butterfly,
He was uncertain why he should try to feel like anything else,
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54.
The Fault Of It

Some may have blamed us that we cease to speak
Of things we spoke of in our verses early,
Saying: a lovely voice is such as such;
Saying: that lady's eyes were sad last week,
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55.
Grace Before Song

Lord God of heaven that with mercy dight
Th'alternate prayer wheel of the night and light
Eternal hath to thee, and in whose sight
Our days as rain drops in the sea surge fall,
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56.
Nicotine

Hymn to the Dope


Goddess of the murmuring courts,
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57.
Statement Of Being

I am a grave poetic hen
That lays poetic eggs
And to enhance my temperament
A little quiet begs.
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58.
The Summons

I can not bow to woo thee
With honey words and flower kisses
And the dew of sweet half-truths
Fallen on the grass of old quaint love-tales
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59.
Villanelle: The Psychological Hour

I had over prepared the event,
that much was ominous.
With middle-ageing care
I had laid out just the right books.
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60.
The Jewel Stairs' Grievance

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