Poem by Ezra Weston Loomis Pound

Cantico del Sole

The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
       Troubles my sleep,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
      Troubles my sleep.
Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant,
Now lettest thou thy servant
       Depart in peace.
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation…
       Oh well!
       It troubles my sleep.

1. A Pact
2. Fan-Piece, for Her Imperial Lord
3. The Needle
4. The Bath-Tub
5. And the Days Are Not Full Enough

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