Alba by Ezra Pound

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Alba

As cool as the pale wet leaves
Tof lily-of-the-valley
She lay beside me in the dawn.

Ezra Pound

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Gary Witt (10/6/2006 5:03:00 PM)
Thank you, Mr. Hager. I almost missed this one. On second reading I thought of Georgia O'Keefe and her flowers. And BTW, your recommendation for the River Merchant's Wife was also much appreciated.

Stanton Hager (8/20/2006 5:44:00 AM)
First and briefest of three Pound poems entitled 'Alba, ' this is a lovely example of Imagism. The text above contains a typo and should be spread out like this:
As cool as the pale wet leaves
of lily-of-the-valley
She laid beside me in the dawn

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