WIST Quotations

Pound, Ezra -- “Ancient Music” l. 1-4 (1902)

Dave — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:43:12 +0000

Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm,
Raineth drop and staineth slop
And how the wind doth ramm!

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
“Ancient Music” l. 1-4 (1902)

Parody of Anglo-Saxon poem, "Cuckoo Song." Full text.

Pound, Ezra -- “Gists,” Impact: Essays on Ignorance and the Decline of American Civilization, ed. Noel Stock (1960)

Dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:50:38 +0000

A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him.

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
“Gists,” Impact: Essays on Ignorance and the Decline of American Civilization, ed. Noel Stock (1960)

Pound, Ezra -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:53:36 +0000

You can spot a bad critic when he starts by discussing the poet and not the poem.

Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American expatriate poet, critic, intellectual
(Attributed)