Ezra Pound - The Lake Isle

Ezra Pound - The Lake Isle

O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, br Give me in due time, I beseech you, a little tobacco-shop, br With the little bright boxes br piled up neatly upon the shelves br And the loose fragment cavendish br and the shag, br And the bright Virginia br loose under the bright glass cases, br And a pair of scales br not too greasy, br And the votailles dropping in for a word or two in passing, br For a flip word, and to tidy their hair a bit. br br O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves, br Lend me a little tobacco-shop, br or install me in any profession br Save this damn'd profession of writing, br where one needs one's brains all the time.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

Duration: 01:02

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