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FROM "POETRY AND DRAMA" FOR FEBRUARY 1912:
Oboes I.
FROM "POETRY AND DRAMA" FOR FEBRUARY 1912:
Oboes I.
Pound-Ezra-Umbra-The-Early-Poems-of-Ezra-Pound
THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED.
EDINBURGH
? DEDICATION FROM " PERSONAE
THIS BOOK IS FOR MARY MOORE OF TRENTON, IF SHE
WANTS IT
Other volumes from which this is collected were dedicated to Wm. Brooke Smith (in memoriam); to Carlos T. Chester; to Wm. Carlos Williams, and the intended
"
"ArnautDaniel toWm. PierceShepard.
? One hundred copies of this Edition have been printed on English hand made paper, for England and America, numbered and signed by the Author, of which this is
? PERSONAE :
Grace before Song
. . . . .
. 11
La Fraisne
A Villonaud : Mesmerism
. . . . . . .
. 19 Ballad of the Gibbet . . . . 20
EXULTATIONS :
Aux Belles de Londres
49 49 50
. 50 . 51 . 51
52 -53 -55
56
Francesca
CONTENTS
12 . . . . . . . PAGE
. . . . . . . .
Cino
Na Audiart
Villonaud for this Yule
14 16
Famam
Praise of Ysolt
For E. McC
At the Heart o' Me . . . . .
Librosque
The White Stag
In Durance
Marvoil
And Thus in Nineveh
. 29
. . . .
. . . . .
. 27 . 28
. . . . . . .
22 23 25
Cano . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . .
Guido invites you thus . . 35
Night Litany
. . . . . . . . . . . .
36 38 40
Sestina
Piere Vidal Old
Ballad of the Goodly Fere
Laudantes Decem Pulchritudinis Johannae Templi 45
:
Altaforte
Prayer
The Tree. (From A Lume Spento) On His Own Face in a Glass
The Eyes Nils Lykke
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
Planh for the Young English King
. .
.
Alba Planh
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 43
30 32 34
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PAGE 57
FROM "POETRY AND DRAMA" FOR FEBRUARY 1912:
Oboes I. For a Beery Voice II. After Heine .
RIPOSTES :
, . . * 58 "
Silet
In Exitum Cuiusdam . TheTombatAkr aar ',
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Portrait d'une Ferame
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TheNeedle
Sub Mare
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Pan is Dead
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74
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AnImmorality : > ,-, . *,. - .
Dieu! Qu'illafait . . V . - *
75 . 75
The Picture
Of Jacopo Del Sellaio /
'* . . . . .
The Return
.
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Effects of Music upon a Company of People I. DeuxMouvements . . *
II. From a Thing by Schumann . <
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Phanopoeia, I. , II. , and III. . f:p| '. , '. . . , 80
The Alchemist, unpublished 1912
. .
*\
. . . 82
Cantus Planus .
*< V 8
V ^^' V *-. .
84
t
76
76 > 77
78 . : '. '. 79
? TRANSLATIONS
FROM THE SONNETS OF GUIDO CAVALCANTI :
Voi, che per gli occhi miei passaste al core '
PAGE . 87
lo vidi gli occhi dove Amor si mise . - O Donna mia, non vedestu colui .
,
.
. .
88
.
Gli miei folli occhi, che'n prima guardaro .
. . 89
Tu m'hai si piena di dolor la mente
. .
Chi e questa che vien, ch'ogni uom la mira Perche non furo a me gli occhi miei spenti . Avete in voi li fieri, e la verdura ,
Certo mie rime a te mandar vogliendo Morte gentil, rimedio de' cattivi
.
.
.
.
.
lo vidi donne con la donna mia
Se m'hai del tutto obliato mercede .
Veggio negli occhi de la donna mia. . . .
Una figura de la donna mia .
,.
97 97
O cieco mondo, di lusinghe pieno . (Called a Madrigale)
Poiche di doglia cor convien ch'io porto (Fragment of a Canzone, miscalled a Ballata)
. 98
. 99 100
FROM THE BALLATE OF GUIDO CAVALCANTI :
La forte, e nova mia disavventura
Era in pensier d'Amor quand' io trovai
Perch' io non spero di tornar gia mai
Quando di morte mi convien trar vita
Sol per pieta ti prego giovinezza . . . . 108 Io priego voi che di dolor parlate
FIVE CANZONI OF ARNAUT DANIEL
:
l
109
. no . . 114
. 116 . . 119
L'AuraAmara . . . . .
Autet e bas entrels prims fuoills .
Glamour and Indigo (Dotttz brats e critz] . . Lancan 'son passat li giure . . .
Ans quel cim reston de branchas
. . .
? DEDICATION FROM " PERSONAE
THIS BOOK IS FOR MARY MOORE OF TRENTON, IF SHE
WANTS IT
Other volumes from which this is collected were dedicated to Wm. Brooke Smith (in memoriam); to Carlos T. Chester; to Wm. Carlos Williams, and the intended
"
"ArnautDaniel toWm. PierceShepard.
? One hundred copies of this Edition have been printed on English hand made paper, for England and America, numbered and signed by the Author, of which this is
? PERSONAE :
Grace before Song
. . . . .
. 11
La Fraisne
A Villonaud : Mesmerism
. . . . . . .
. 19 Ballad of the Gibbet . . . . 20
EXULTATIONS :
Aux Belles de Londres
49 49 50
. 50 . 51 . 51
52 -53 -55
56
Francesca
CONTENTS
12 . . . . . . . PAGE
. . . . . . . .
Cino
Na Audiart
Villonaud for this Yule
14 16
Famam
Praise of Ysolt
For E. McC
At the Heart o' Me . . . . .
Librosque
The White Stag
In Durance
Marvoil
And Thus in Nineveh
. 29
. . . .
. . . . .
. 27 . 28
. . . . . . .
22 23 25
Cano . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . .
Guido invites you thus . . 35
Night Litany
. . . . . . . . . . . .
36 38 40
Sestina
Piere Vidal Old
Ballad of the Goodly Fere
Laudantes Decem Pulchritudinis Johannae Templi 45
:
Altaforte
Prayer
The Tree. (From A Lume Spento) On His Own Face in a Glass
The Eyes Nils Lykke
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
Planh for the Young English King
. .
.
Alba Planh
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 43
30 32 34
? FROM "CANZONI":
Au Jardin
. >
:
v
;:
. . . .
PAGE 57
FROM "POETRY AND DRAMA" FOR FEBRUARY 1912:
Oboes I. For a Beery Voice II. After Heine .
RIPOSTES :
, . . * 58 "
Silet
In Exitum Cuiusdam . TheTombatAkr aar ',
.
f
j,
> * 60
. . 62
.
Portrait d'une Ferame
N. Y. .
AGirl. "Phasellus Ille"
,
,
. .
. 63
,
-,-:;/: v;. C- . ;'. :
.
,. v'
';". ' /. . v,
.
. . .
63 64 64 64 65 68
An . . . . Quies
.
Object . ? v . ; '--'\
. .
TheSeafarer .
The Cloak ". , "
. .
V . / '
.
'V;
-;V
^ v;
. . . '.
;
>
^, ;^j .
: . . -;. '. .
.
*. .
'' ~ ;
58
. . . .
;'--. 59
. .
,
.
59
, '. - . .
.
Acfyua. Apparuitv'-;. . /#t. . 70
71
TheNeedle
Sub Mare
Plunge. V ; '
AVirginal .
. . >> '. ^': v
Pan is Dead
.
v-
.
74
.
.
v. - VV
,. . .
AnImmorality : > ,-, . *,. - .
Dieu! Qu'illafait . . V . - *
75 . 75
The Picture
Of Jacopo Del Sellaio /
'* . . . . .
The Return
.
>^- v:
Effects of Music upon a Company of People I. DeuxMouvements . . *
II. From a Thing by Schumann . <
. /;*. :
;;
'. .
\
. ',-'
-
.
j,
.
.
^;. ;. . 69
^ ;
,- ^
71 . *:'>, . 72
f. \ ;v
,. ,; ,7
. 73
. . . -";. . . ^
"
Phanopoeia, I. , II. , and III. . f:p| '. , '. . . , 80
The Alchemist, unpublished 1912
. .
*\
. . . 82
Cantus Planus .
*< V 8
V ^^' V *-. .
84
t
76
76 > 77
78 . : '. '. 79
? TRANSLATIONS
FROM THE SONNETS OF GUIDO CAVALCANTI :
Voi, che per gli occhi miei passaste al core '
PAGE . 87
lo vidi gli occhi dove Amor si mise . - O Donna mia, non vedestu colui .
,
.
. .
88
.
Gli miei folli occhi, che'n prima guardaro .
. . 89
Tu m'hai si piena di dolor la mente
. .
Chi e questa che vien, ch'ogni uom la mira Perche non furo a me gli occhi miei spenti . Avete in voi li fieri, e la verdura ,
Certo mie rime a te mandar vogliendo Morte gentil, rimedio de' cattivi
.
.
.
.
.
lo vidi donne con la donna mia
Se m'hai del tutto obliato mercede .
Veggio negli occhi de la donna mia. . . .
Una figura de la donna mia .
,.
97 97
O cieco mondo, di lusinghe pieno . (Called a Madrigale)
Poiche di doglia cor convien ch'io porto (Fragment of a Canzone, miscalled a Ballata)
. 98
. 99 100
FROM THE BALLATE OF GUIDO CAVALCANTI :
La forte, e nova mia disavventura
Era in pensier d'Amor quand' io trovai
Perch' io non spero di tornar gia mai
Quando di morte mi convien trar vita
Sol per pieta ti prego giovinezza . . . . 108 Io priego voi che di dolor parlate
FIVE CANZONI OF ARNAUT DANIEL
:
l
109
. no . . 114
. 116 . . 119
L'AuraAmara . . . . .
Autet e bas entrels prims fuoills .
Glamour and Indigo (Dotttz brats e critz] . . Lancan 'son passat li giure . . .
Ans quel cim reston de branchas
. . .
