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

 
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