Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
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But the one thing you should. not do is to suppose that when something is wrong with the arts, it is wrong with the arts ONLY.
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Pagani’s, November 8
Suddenly discovering in the eyes of the very beautiful
Normande cocotte
The eyes of the very learned British Museum assistant.
poem by Ezra Pound
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
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Causa
I join these words for four people,
Some others may overhear them,
O world, I am sorry for you,
You do not know these four people.
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April
Three spirits came to me
And drew me apart
To where the olive boughs
Lay stripped upon the ground:
Pale carnage beneath bright mist.
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A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
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ßìÝñññù (Greek title)
Thy soul
Grown delicate with satieties,
Atthis.
O Atthis,
I long for thy lips.
I long for thy narrow breasts,
Thou restless, ungathered.
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The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.
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An Object
This thing, that hath a code and not a core,
Hath set acquaintance where might be affections,
And nothing now
Disturbeth his reflections.
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