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Lustra of Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound and Bai Li

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1. Front matter2. L U S T R A3. Tenzone4. The Condolence5. The Garret6. The Garden7. Ortus8. Salutation9. The Spring10. Albâtre11. Causa12. A Pact13. Surgit Fama14. Preference15. Dance Figure For the Marriage in Cana of Galilee16. April17. Gentildonna18. The Rest19. Les Millwin20. Further Instructions21. A Song of the Degrees22. Ite23. Dum Capitolium Scandet24. To καλὀν25. The Study in Aesthetics26. The Bellaires27. Salvationists28. Arides29. The Bath Tub30. Amitiés31. To Dives32. Ladies33. Coda34. Ancora35. A TRANSLATION From the Provençal of En Bertrans de Born. “Dompna pois de me no’us cal”36. The Coming of War: Actaeon37. After Ch’u Yuan38. Liu Ch’e39. Fan-piece, for her Imperial Lord40. Ts’ai Chi’h41. In a Station of the Metro42. Alba43. Heather44. The Faun45. Pervigilium46. The Encounter47. Tempora48. Black Slippers: Bellotti49. Society50. Image from D’Orleans51. Papyrus52. “Ione, Dead the Long Year”53. Shop Girl54. To Formianus’ Young Lady Friend After Valerius Catullus55. Tame Cat56. L’Art, 191057. Simulacra58. Women Before a Shop59. Epilogue60. The Social Order61. The Tea Shop62. Epitaphs63. Our Contemporaries64. Ancient Wisdom, Rather Cosmic65. The Three Poets66. The Gipsy67. The Game of Chess Dogmatic Statement Concerning the Game of Chess: Theme for a Series of Pictures68. Provincia Deserta69. CATHAY70. Song of the Bowmen of Shu71. The Beautiful Toilet72. The River Song73. The River-Merchant’s Wife: a Letter74. The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance75. Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin76. Lament of the Frontier Guard77. Exile’s Letter78. From Rihaku FOUR POEMS OF DEPARTURE79. Sennin Poem by Kakuhaku80. A Ballad of the Mulberry Road81. Old Idea of Choan by Rosoriu82. To-Em-Mei’s “The Unmoving Cloud”83. Near Perigord84. Villanelle: the Psychological Hour85. Dans un Omnibus de Londres86. To a Friend Writing on Cabaret Dancers87. Homage to Quintus Septimius Florentis Christianus (Ex libris Graecae)88. Fish and the Shadow
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