No, no! Go from me. I have left her lately. …
Ezra Pound
The thought of what America would be like …
And then went down to the ship, …
I sat on the Dogana’s steps …
Palace in smoky light, …
Zeus lies in Ceres’ bosom …
With Usura …
And before hell mouth; dry plain …
A Lady asks me …
Go, dumb-born book, …
The scientists are in terror …
E. P. ODE POUR L’ÉLECTION DE SON SÉPULCHRE …
I …
The apparition of these faces in the crowd: …
Agathas …
"'Tis but a vague, invarious delight. …
Suddenly discovering in the eyes of the very beautiful …
Your mind and you are our Sargasso Sea, …
LOQUITUR: En Betrans de Born. …
While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead …
May I for my own self song’s truth reckon, …
Canto III appeared in the July, 1917 issue of Poetry. Originally part of what scholars call the "Ur-Cantos," this version of Canto III was later edited by Pound to become Canto I of his collected Cantos. The section that eventually became Canto I is highlighted in blue in the poem below. …
You also, our first great, …