Ezra Pound Poems

Listen, my children, and you shall hear
The midnight activities of Whats-his Name,
Scarcely a general now known to fame
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Rest Master, for we be a-weary, weary
And would feel the fingers of the wind
Upon these lids that lie over us
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The light became her grace and dwelt among
Blind eyes and shadows that are formed as men;
Lo, how the light doth melt us into song:
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Good God! They say you are risqué,
O canzonetti!
We who went out into the four A. M. of the world
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THE NEO-COMMUNE

Manhood of England,
Dougth of the Shires,
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WIND

Scarce and thin, scarce and thin
The government's excuse,
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O thou newcomer who seek’st Rome in Rome
And find’st in Rome no thing thou canst call Roman;
Arches worn old and palaces made common
Rome’s name alone within these walls keeps home.
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O strange face there in the glass!
O ribald company, O saintly host,
O sorrow-swept my fool,
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I
This government official
Whose wife is several years his senior,
Has such a caressing air
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Did I 'ear it 'arf in a doze:
The Co-ops was a goin' somewhere,
Did I 'ear it while pickin' 'ops;
How they better start takin' care,
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