Monday, October 07, 2019

Poetry Monday: What Thou Lovest Well Remains

“What thou lovest well remains
the rest is dross
What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage
Whose world, or mine or theirs
                                      or is it of none?

First came the seen, then thus the palpable
Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell,
What thou lovest well is thy true heritage
What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee

Ezra Pound
excerpt Canto 81


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