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An Immorality by Ezra Pound

10/13/2008 10:41:15 PM

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Ezra Pound
(1885 - 1972)

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An Immorality

Sing we for love and idleness,
Naught else is worth the having.

Though I have been in many a land,
There is naught else in living.

And I would rather have my sweet,
Though rose-leaves die of grieving,

Than do high deeds in Hungary
To pass all men's believing.

Ezra Pound

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Walter Durk (10/5/2007 7:29:00 PM)
This is a poem I really enjoy.

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