The cantos of ezra pound [from The Cantos of Ezra Pound (1972)]
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15730 as birds alighting 15731 it springeth up vital 15732 If deeds be not ensheaved and garnered in the heart 15733 there is inanition 15734 (have I perchance a debt to a man named Clower) 15735 that he eat of the barley corn 15736 and move with the seed's breath 15737 the sun as a golden eye 15738 between dark cloud and the mountain 15739 "Non combaattere" said Giovanna 15740 meaning, as before stated, don't work so hard [Page 532] 15741 don't 15742 [Image] 15743 as it stands in the Kung-Sun Chow. 15744 San Gregorio, San Trovaso 15745 Old Ziovan raced at seventy after his glories 15746 and came in long last 15747 and the family eyes stayed the same Adriatic 15748 for three generations (San Vio) 15749 and was, I suppose, last month the Redentore as usual 15750 Will I ever see the Giudecca again? 15751 or the lights against it, Ca' Foscari, Ca' Giustinian 15752 or the Ca', as they say, of Desdemona 15753 or the two towers where are the cypress no more 15754 or the boats moored off le Zattere 15755 or the north quai of the Sensaria DAKRUON 15756 and Brother Wasp is building a very neat house 15757 of four rooms, one shaped like a squat indian bottle 15758 La vespa, la vespa, mud, swallow system 15759 so that dreaming of Bracelonde and of Perugia 15760 and the great fountain in the Piazza 15761 or of old Bulagaio's cat that with a well timed leap 15762 could turn the lever-shaped door handle 15763 It comes over me that Mr. Walls must be a ten-strike 15764 with the signorinas 15765 and in the warmth after chill sunrise 15766 an infant, green as new grass,
15768 out of Madame La Vespa's bottle 15769 mint springs up again 15770 in spite of Jones' rodents 15771 as had the clover by the gorilla cage 15772 with a four-leaf 15773 When the mind swings by a grass-blade 15774 an ant's forefoot shall save you 15775 the clover leaf smells and tastes as its flower 15776 The infant has descended, 15777 from mud on the tent roof to Tellus, 15778 like to like colour he goes amid grass-blades 15779 greeting them that dwell under XTHONOS 15780 ; to carry our news 15781 to them that dwell under the earth, 15782 begotten of air, that shall sing in the bower 15783 of Kore, 15784 and have speech with Tiresias, Thebae 15785 Cristo Re, Dio Sole 15786 in about ½ a day she has made her adobe 15787 (la vespa) the tiny mud-flask 15788 and that day I wrote no further 15789 There is fatigue deep as the grave. 15790 The Kakemono grows in flat land out of mist 15791 sun rises lop-sided over the mountain 15792 so that I recalled the noise in the chimney 15793 as it were the wind in the chimney 15794 but was in reality Uncle William [Page 534] 15795 downstairs composing 15796 that had made a great Peeeeacock 15797 in the proide ov his oiye 15798 had made a great peeeeeeecock in the ... 15799 made a great peacock 15800 in the proide of his oyyee 15801 proide ov his oy-ee 15802 as indeed he had, and perdurable 15803 a great peacock aere perennius 15804 or as in the advice to the young man to 15805 breed and get married (or not) 15806 as you choose to regard it 15807 at Stone Cottage in Sussex by the waste moor 15808 (or whatever) and the holly bush 15809 who would not eat ham for dinner 15810 because peasants eat ham for dinner 15811 despite the excellent quality 15812 and the pleasure of having it hot 15813 well those days are gone forever 15814 and the traveling rug with the coon-skin tabs 15815 and his hearing nearly all Wordsworth 15816 for the sake of his conscience but 15817 preferring Ennemosor on Witches 15818 did we ever get to the end of Doughty: 15819 The Dawn in Britain? 15820 perhaps not 15821 Summons withdrawn, sir.) 15822 (bein' aliens in prohibited area)
15824 before the elder hills 15825 A fat moon rises lop-sided over the mountain 15826 The eyes, this time my world, 15827 But pass and look from mine 15828 between my lids 15829 sea, sky, and pool 15830 alternate 15831 pool, sky, sea, 15832 morning moon against sunrise 15833 like a bit of the best antient greek coinage 15834 und 15835 Mir sagen 15836 Die Damen 15837 Du bist Greis, 15838 Anacreon 15839 And that a Madonna novecento 15840 cd/ be as a Madonna quattrocento 15841 This I learned in the Tirol 15842 and as perfect 15843 where they paint the houses outside with figures 15844 and the deep inner courts run back triple 15845 "Das heis' Walterplatz" 15846 heard in Bozen (Bolzano) 15847 and in my mother's time it was respectable, 15848 it was social, apparently, 15849 to sit in the Senate gallery
15851 to hear the fire-works of the senators 15852 (and possibly representatives) 15853 as was still done in Westminster in my time 15854 and a very poor show from the once I saw it) 15855 but if Senator Edwards cd/ speak 15856 and have his tropes stay in the memory 40 years, 60 years? 15857 in short / the descent 15858 has not been of advantage either 15859 to the Senate or to "society" 15860 or to the people 15861 The States have passed thru a 15862 dam'd supercilious era 15863 Down, Derry-down / 15864 Oh let an old man rest.
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15865 8th October: 15866 Si tuit li dolh elh plor 15867 Angold 15868 tuit lo pro, tuit lo bes 15869 Angold 15870 "an' doan you think he chop an' change all the time 15871 stubborn az a mule, sah, stubborn as a MULE, 15872 got th' eastern idea about money" 15873 Thus Senator Bankhead 15874 "am sure I don't know what a man like you 15875 would find to do here" 15876 said Senator Borah 15877 Thus the solons, in Washington, 15878 on the executive, and on the country, a.d. 1939 15879 ye spotted lambe 15880 that is both blacke and white 15881 is yeven to us for the eyes' delight 15882 and now Richardson, Roy Richardson, 15883 says he is different 15884 will I mention his name? 15885 and Demattia is checking out. 15886 White, Fazzio, Bedell, benedicti 15887 Sarnone, two Washingtons (dark) J and M 15888 Bassier, Starcher, H. Crowder and 15889 no soldier he although his name is Slaughter 15890 this day October the whateverth Mr. Coxey 15891 aged 91 has mentioned bonds and their 15892 interest [Page 538] 15893 apparently as a basis of issue 15894 and Mr Sinc Lewis has not 15895 and Bartók has left us 15896 and Mr Beard in his admirable condensation 15897 (Mr Chas. Beard) has given one line to the currency 15898 at about page 426 "The Young Republic" 15899 We will be about as popular as Mr John Adams 15900 and less widely perused 15901 and the he leopard lay on his back playing with straw 15902 in sheer boredom, 15903 (Memoirs of the Roman zoo) 15904 in sheer boredom 15905 Incense to Apollo 15906 Carrara 15907 snow on the marble 15908 snow-white 15909 against stone-white 15910 on the mountain 15911 and as who passed the gorges between sheer cliffs 15912 as it might be by, is it the Garonne? 15913 where one walks into Spagna 15914 that T'ao Ch'ien heard the old Dynasty's music 15915 as it might be at the Peach-blossom Fountain 15916 where are smooth lawns with the clear stream 15917 between them, silver, dividing, 15918 and at Ho Ci'u destroyed the whole town 15919 for hiding a woman, 15920 and as Carson the desert rat said 15921 "when we came out we had 15922 80 thousand dollars' worth" 15923 ("of experience") 15924 that was from mining 15925 having spent their capital on equipment 15926 but not cal'lated the time for return [Page 539] 15927 and my old great aunt did likewise 15928 with that too large hotel 15929 but at least she saw damn all Europe 15930 and rode on that mule in Tangiers 15931 and in general had a run for her money 15932 like Natalie 15933 "perhaps more than was in it" 15934 Under white clouds, cielo di Pisa 15935 out of all this beauty something must come, 15936 O moon my pin-up, 15937 chronometer 15938 Wei, Chi and Pi-kan 15939 Yin had these three men full of humanitas (manhood) 15940 or jên2 15941 Xaire Alessandro 15942 Xaire Fernando, e il Capo, 15943 Pierre, Vidkun, 15944 Henriot 15945 and as to gradations 15946 who went out of industrials into Government 15947 when the slump was in the offing 15948 as against whom, prepense, got OUT of Imperial Chemicals 15949 in 1938 15950 so as not to be nourished by blood-bath? 15951 quand vos venetz al som de l'escalina 15952 gradations 15953 These are distinctions in clarity 15954 ming2 [Image] these are distinctions [Page 540] 15955 John Adams, the Brothers Adam 15956 there is our norm of spirit 15957 our [Image] chung1 15958 whereto we may pay our 15959 homage 15960 Saith Micah: 15961 Each in the name of ... 15962 So that looking at the sputtering tank of nicotine and 15963 stale whiskey 15964 (on its way out) 15965 Kumrad Koba remarked: 15966 I will believe the American. 15967 Berlin 1945 15968 the last appearance of Winston P.M. in that connection 15969 e poi io dissi alla sorella 15970 della pastorella dei suini: 15971 e questi americani? 15972 si conducono bene? 15973 ed ella: poco. 15974 Poco, poco. 15975 ed io: peggio dei tedeschi? 15976 ed ella: uguale, thru the barbed wire 15977 you can, said Stef (Lincoln Steffens) 15978 do nothing with revolutionaries 15979 until they are at the end of their tether 15980 and that Vandenberg has read Stalin, or Stalin, John Adams 15981 is, at the mildest, unproven. 15982 If the hoar frost grip thy tent 15983 Thou wilt give thanks when night is spent.
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15984 LING2 [Image] 15985 Our dynasty came in because of a great sensibility. 15986 All there by the time of I Yin [Image] 15987 All roots by the time of I Yin. 15988 Galileo index'd 1616, [Image] 15989 Wellington's peace after Vaterloo 15990 [Image] chih3 15991 a gnomon, 15992 Our science is from the watching of shadows; 15993 That Queen Bess translated Ovid, 15994 Cleopatra wrote of the currency, 15995 Versus who scatter old records 15996 ignoring the hsien2 form 15997 [Image]
15999 (turbae) 16000 II. 9. have scopes and beginnings tchoung
16003 are called chung1-4 16004 [Image] 16005 [Image] (1508, Mathews) 16006 [Image] 16007 no mere epitome without organization. 16008 The sun under it all: 16009 Justice, d'urbanité, de prudence 16010 wei heou, 16011 the sheltered grass hopes, chueh, cohere. 16012 (No, that is not philological) 16013 Not led of lusting, not of contriving 16014 but is as the grass and tree 16015 eccellenza 16016 not led of lusting, 16017 not of the worm, contriving
16018 THE FOUR TUAN1 16019 [Image]
16021 Hulled rice and silk at easter 16022 (with the bachi held under their aprons 16023 From T'ang's time until now) 16024 That you lean 'gainst the tree of heaven, 16025 and know Ygdrasail 16026 poi [Image] shih2 16027 [Image] ch'ên2 16028 [Image] 16029 "Birds and terrapin lived under Hia, 16030 beast and fish held their order, 16031 Neither flood nor flame falling in excess" 16032 i 16033 moua 16034 pou 16035 gning 16036 Perspicax qui excolit se ipsum, 16037 Their writings wither because they have no curiosity, 16038 This "leader", gouged pumpkin 16039 that they hoist on a pole, [Page 546] 16040 But if you will follow this process 16041 [Image] 16042 not a lot of signs, but the one sign 16043 etcetera 16044 plus always 16045 and from back to 16046 Neither by chinks, nor by sophists, 16047 nor by hindoo immaturities; 16048 Dante, out of St Victor (Richardus), 16049 Erigena with greek tags in his verses. 16050 Y Yin sent the young king into seclusion 16051 by T'ang Tomb to think things over, 16052 that they make total war on CONTEMPLATIO. 16053 Not to pamper this squirrel-headedness 16054 "in T'oung loco palatium" 16055 and not to bitch this whole generation in fish-traps 16056 k'o 16057 tchoung 16058 ìun 16059 te 16060 put some elbow-grease into it 16061 the third séu 16062 [Image] szu' Mat. 5592 16063 Nor by vain disputations [Page 547] 16064 nor sitting down on a job that is done 16065 i jênn iuên 16066 [Image] 16067 whereby, in the long run, 16068 [Image] chên 16069 reddidit gubernium imperatori 16070 [Image] ch'ên 16071 [Image] chiai 16072 As the pivot perceived by Y Yin 16073 quam simplex animus Imperatoris 16074 that the different clans say: Bigob! He said it. 16075 III. 6. xi, Right here is the Bill of Rights 16076 [Image] [Page 548] 16077 Three hundred years until P'an 16078 [Image] P'an Keng
16081 Alexander paid the debts of his troops. 16082 Not serendipity 16083 but to spread 16084 [Image]
16086 The pusillanimous 16087 wanting all men cut down to worm-size. 16088 Mr. Roosevelt chose Dexter White. 16089 As against culture as quick-sand 16090 after "'48" (1848) [Page 549] 16091 philology subdivided, 16092 Nap III had the composition divided, 16093 to each compositor in the print shop 16094 a very few lines, 16095 none seeing the whole Proclamation. 16096 Keep 'em off the market four years 16097 and leave 'em without understanding, 16098 No classics, 16099 no American history, 16100 no centre, no general root, 16101 No prezzo giusto as core. 16102 UBI JUS VAGUM. 16103 Alexander paid the debts of his soldiery. 16104 Wishing to bring back T'ang's state of awareness 16105 [Image] KAO 16106 [Image] TSOUNG 1324 16107 1265 a.c. 16108 _____ 16109 59 16110 Whetstone whirling to grind, jòu 16111 tso 16112 li 16113 cymba et remis 16114 Trees prop up clouds, 16115 Praecognita bonum ut te moveas 16116 and then consider the time
16119 "Fatigare in sacris 16120 dicitur non revereri" 16121 Fou iue 16122 III. viii, 11. [Image] 16123 tchoung 16124 in rites not flame-headed. 16125 "Up to then, I just hadn't caught on." 16126 chung 16127 wang 16128 hsien 16129 [Image] said KAO TSOUNG 16130 Imperator. Sicut vinum ac mustum 16131 brew up this directio, tchéu, 16132 fermentum et germina, 16133 study with the mind of a grandson 16134 and watch the time like a hawk 16135 taó tsi 16136 ½ research and ½ 16137 ½ observation, ½ 16138 ½ training, ½ 16139 Tch'eng T'ang for guide. 16140 [Image] 16141 You will go a long way without slipping, [Page 551] 16142 without slopping over. 16143 Nisi cum sapientibus non regit, 16144 nor sage feed from poisoned trough. 16145 200 years after: 16146 "Best you retire. 16147 but as for me, nunquam ego 16148 [Image] wang. 16149 [Image] pou. 16150 Not after this dynasty." 16151 Ki went into Corea, 16152 "abire decere", lest the line be no more. 16153 IV. 16154 And in spring time 16155 assembled at Meng-ford 16156 tá houéi Méng tsin, 16157 that had from Heou Tsi under Shun 16158 by the three streams, the three rivers, 16159 Ping, Foung were their cities, 16160 and North-East to Mount Ki. 16161 Tàn Fóu, to King Wan. 16162 "Our dynasty came in because of a great sensibility." 16163 Les moeurs furent réformées, 16164 la vertu fleurit [Image] 16165 Ad Meng vadum, 16166 south bank of the Yellow River, 16167 Huang Ho. [Page 552] 16168 Heaven and Earth begat the perceiver, 16169 "ch' e' ditta dentro" 16170 & Cheóu demittit aerumnas. 16171 Ling2 16172 [Image] 16173 was basis of rule. 16174 Ts'oung 16175 [Image] 16176 tàn 16177 [Image] 16178 ming tso 16179 iuên 16180 [Image] 16181 heóu
16183 "Gentlemen from the West, 16184 Heaven's process is quite coherent 16185 and its main points perfectly clear. 16186 [Image] hsien. 16187 Wu [Image] leant on the yellow halbard 16188 in his right, the white signal tail: 16189 "e canta la gallina, 16190 " he is ganged up with racketeers 16191 "6 steps or 7, reform. 16192 "4, 5, 7 strokes, reassemble [Page 553] 16193 [Image] chèu 16194 [Image] t'sì 16195 nài tcheù t'sì 16196 and do not chase fugitives." 16197 Cheóu's host was like a forest in Mu plain, 16198 quasi silvam convenit 16199 [Image] 16200 jo lin. 16201 "Liking some, disliking others, doing injustice to no man." 16202 [Image] 16203 The 4th part: marginalia. 16204 Liu dogs, serendipity? No. 16205 [Image] t'oung 16206 [Image] kouan 9.6 16207 T'oung kouan nài chenn 16208 [Image] [Page 554] 16209 [Image] 16210 not water, ôu iu chouèi 16211 [Image] min 16212 [Image] kién 10.12 16213 There be thy mirrour in men. 16214 [Image] 16215 [Image] Tán 16216 [Image] iue 16217 [Image] p'ei 16218 [Image] houâng 16219 XIII, 9 k'i p'eng 16220 [Image] 16221 [Image] Odysseus "to no man" [Page 555] 16222 [Image] 16223 tcho 16224 [Image] 16225 and you can know the sincere 16226 That Tch'eng T'ang 16227 [Image] 16228 [Image] 16229 [Image] 16230 overthrew Hia 16231 Praestantissimos regere 16232 [Image] tien4 16233 from Tch'eng T'ang to Ti I 16234 nullus non splendidas fecit, 16235 nullus non se sociavit (tien4) 16236 k'i tche, ut benefaceret. 16237 Tcheou neither watching his 16238 own insides, nor respecting the workings. 16239 Our Dynasty came in because of great Ling2 16240 [Image] sensibility [Page 556] 16241 [Image] p'i 16242 The arrow has not two points 16243 [Image] pou éul cheu 16244 pu erh4 16245 "O nombreux officiers 16246 Imperator ait. [Image] 16247 Iterum dico
16249 1562 16250 [Image] 16251 OU TING 1324 16252 1265 16253 [Image] 16254 cognovit aerumnas 16255 TSOU KIA reigned 33 years 16256 [Image] wei [Page 557] 16257 [Image] tcheng 16258 [Image] tcheu 16259 XV: 11 [Image] koung
16263 kiaó. chiao,1-4 16264 that is Sagetrieb [Image] 16265 [Image] chêu 16266 [Image] ngò
16268 Diuturna cogites 10 16269 respect the awareness and 16270 train the fit men. 16271 [Image] mîng ngò tsiun [Image] XVI.20 16272 chün4 1727. Mat. [Page 558] 16273 Cdn't see it (ming) could 16274 [Image] extend to the people's subsidia, 16275 that it was in some fine way tied up with the people 16276 "And don't pester your officers" XIX.18 16277 "Don't get into small dog-fights 16278 Hio kòu jou kouàn XX.16 16279 "Get the mot juste before action."
16282 XXI. 7. nor laws as a means of oppression. 16283 Not all things from one man
16287 iou ioung te nai ta 16288 awareness extended
16290 [Image] heóu 16291 The 5 laws have root in an awareness 16292 che funge. [Page 559] 16293 "One of those days", said Brancusi, 16294 "when I would not have given 16295 "15 minutes of my time 16296 for anything under heaven." 16297 Dead in the Piazzale Loreto, 16298 In Holohan's case, murder protected. 16299 Jury trial was in Athens. 16300 Tyrants resisted 16301 ... 16302 King Owen had men about him: 16303 Prince of Kouo, 16304 Houng Ieo, San I Cheng 16305 [Image] 16306 Sagetrieb 16307 as the hand grips the wheat, [Image] 16308 Risked the smoke to go forward
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16311 WITH solicitude 16312 [Image] 16313 IV. xvi. 18 16314 that mirroured turbationem, 16315 Bismarck forgotten, fantasia without balance-wheel, 16316 "No more wars after '70" (Bismarck.) Yüklə 2,9 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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