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    Personae
    Personae
    Personae
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    Personae

    By Ezra Pound

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    "Personae" by Ezra Pound. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 21, 2019
    ISBN4057664650764
    Personae
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    Ezra Pound

    Ezra Pound (1885–1972) is one of the most influential, and controversial, poets of the twentieth century. His poetry remains vital, challenging, contentious, unassimilable.

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      Personae - Ezra Pound

      Ezra Pound

      Personae

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664650764

      Table of Contents

      Grace before Song

      La Fraisne

      Cino

      Na Audiart

      Villonaud for this Yule

      A Villonaud

      Ballad of the Gibbet

      Or the song of the sixth companion

      Mesmerism

      Fifine Answers

      In Tempore Senectutis

      Famam Librosque Cano

      Scriptor Ignotus

      Ferrara 1715

      Praise of Ysolt

      Camaraderie

      Masks

      Tally-O

      Ballad for Gloom

      For E. Mc C

      At the Heart o' Me

      Xenia

      Occidit

      Search

      An Idyl for Glaucus

      In Durance

      Guillaume de Lorris Belated

      In the Old Age of the Soul

      Alba Belingalis

      From Syria

      From the Saddle

      Marvoil

      Revolt

      And Thus in Nineveh

      The White Stag

      Piccadilly

      LONDON

      ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET

      MCMIX

      "Make-strong old dreams lest this our world lose heart."

      THIS BOOK IS FOR

      MARY MOORE

      OF TRENTON, IF SHE WANTS IT

      CONTENTS

      GRACE BEFORE SONG

      LA FRAISNE

      CINO

      NA AUDIART

      VILLONAUD FOR THIS YULE

      A VILLONAUD: BALLAD OF THE GIBBET

      MESMERISM

      FIFINE ANSWERS

      IN TEMPORE SENECTUTIS

      FAMAM LIBROSQUE CANO

      SCRIPTOR IGNOTUS

      PRAISE OF YSOLT

      CAMARADERIE

      MASKS

      TALLY-O

      BALLAD FOR GLOOM

      FOR E. Mc C

      AT THE HEART O' ME

      XENIA

      OCCIDIT

      SEARCH

      AN IDYL FOR GLAUCUS

      IN DURANCE

      GUILLAUME DE LORRIS BELATED

      IN THE OLD AGE OF THE SOUL

      ALBA BELINGALIS

      FROM SYRIA

      FROM THE SADDLE

      MARVOIL

      REVOLT

      AND THUS IN NINEVEH

      THE WHITE STAG

      PICCADILLY

      NOTES

      PERSONAE

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      Grace before Song

      Table of Contents

      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,

      As bright white drops upon a leaden sea

      Grant so my songs to this grey folk may be:

      As drops that dream and gleam and falling catch the sun,

      Evan'scent mirrors every opal one

      Of such his splendour as their compass is,

      So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this.

      La Fraisne[1]

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      SCENE: The Ash Wood of Malvern.

      For I was a gaunt, grave councillor

      Being in all things wise, and very old,

      But I have put aside this folly and the cold

      That old age weareth for a cloak.

      I was quite strong—at least they said so—

      The young men at the sword-play;

      But I have put aside this folly, being gay

      In another fashion that more suiteth me.

      I have curled mid the boles of the ash wood,

      I have hidden my face where the oak

      Spread his leaves over me, and the yoke

      Of the old ways of men have I cast aside.

      By the still pool of Mar-nan-otha

      Have I found me

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