I. From Cantos I-XXX
1/9/81 
(EZRA POUND)
En nZe eaRing ory Arms,
Pallor pOn laUghtered laiN oureD Ent,
aZure teR,
un-
tAwny Pping cOme d oUt r wiNg-
joints,
preaD Et aZzle.
by
Jackson Mac Low
1/9/81 (EZRA POUND)
En nZe eaRing ory Arms,
spRing-
water,
ool A P."
cOnvict laUghter scaNy)
me, MaD E aZure TyRo,
of wAve-
cords,
Plashing rOck-
hollows e-
rUns f-
duNe;
he tiDe-
rips Esperus,
aZure iR,
ods And
Panisks,
rOm roUgh od,
aNd clouDs E aZes tuRned ple,
As Poggio uOise,
ad Up weeN chilD E aZ,
eaRt t on A Pike bOth n oUt,
ed,
"ANd yo CiD E eZ stRo red,
And Pped,
tO etU."
CE iN moulDering Es,
aZe luRs,
e grAss,
Pale mOving.
thUd,
rf uNder n-
golD E eZ heR e swAllows P,
rOof,
chUrch of iN e golD.
Eneath aZe,
teRing,
gusA...
Pool...
pOol...
moUr cygNet iquiD Eneath uZe cuRtains..."
he cAmel Plotted mOke
SoUnd eveNing e forD,
Ers aZ thRee he bArb Perhaps,
iOn,
e,
AUrunculeia's s
"Da Nuces!
se,
anD Enaeus aZe ppRoaching
The Air Put mOur e lUst omaN h roaD Ea-
change,
tz ieRci's ife And Piled pOrt
DaUphin MaeNsac.
atheD Erces nZaccio stRoke ertAin Perugia,
tOld,
abUleia.
t DoN e,
creDesse È"
oZarello abRain adwAy Poet's
DOwn e oUt p of Naples' uble Drifts E)
aZione."
gs Run nd,
MA Poitiers,
fOtei m aUzirets e viNgt y hanD,
E uZionda,
heR ichArd,
Porch,
mOrte,
doUr is iN wing'D Es uZeta veR'
rd l Ask
Picus DOn inUs d DoN nato De' Ee eZene foR e shApe Poiled pOor a-
sUrge;
d meN's s"
saiD
"Erit,
tZ meRe ss nArration,
Peu mOisi,
plUs rdiN.
he olD En's nZe,
piRe r's fAll;
Place gOuty-
footed.
StUborn gaiNst ilteD Ers tZ,
e eRa,
to-
dAy Past,
"COntemporary."
ndUres.
gaiNst aragDos,
E aZz coRtex,
ood,
And Plaster,
rOfessorial t mUsic,
eveN houlDers Eeks nZaccio moRe e thAn Phantom,
t.
O atUres.
gmeNts elveD Ed).
oZio,
e fRom him Also,
Patch,
yOur yoU e kiNg erneD,
E rZa,
To Rimini,
he wArs Pleasure,
mOstly i cUi FraNcesco,
hwarD E,
rZa foRza co,
wAttle-
nose,
Ptember,
hO dsUmmer,
ilaNese smunDo,
Emplum aZ saRo et pAy Poictiers,
yOu w,
GUillaume e soNg anteD Etting,
nZa woRked the Ambush Peror dOwn ed Us,
odeN tyarD Ere rZa saRo;
ic)
MArch Pèsaro rOugh llUs.
rbiNo orkeD E zA thRough r FrAncesco,
Pèsaro tO smUndo,
d fiNished smunDo,
E aZia aiRe,
se,
Cardinal Porphyry,
hOse smUndo's
thaN n hunDred Eeled aZia
CaRdinal s,
plAustra,
Purtheo,
bOt,
smUndo,
CorN-
salve r the Damade E aZzo's ter.
he mAn Pullets sOup,
boUt.
e weNt ther Day,
E ezia s pRobably,
ld hAve,
Ppose yOu yoU.
ICENT WITH DUE EVERENCE:
nZino eaRs yes A Parison'd pOn boUt idiNg,
onsiDeration Ernal iZed foR ebt And Paid t Out coUnt ldiNg r laiD E oZzi ieRi,
in NAples,
Piglia"
lOrence,
a GUerra i SeNsi founD E iZioso.
heR f FrAnco P rOw f TUscany.
a wiNdow,
hree Days Er nZi,
stRous
PapA Pio dO viUs omiNi na
HaD Eir oZzure c cRapulone,
assAssino,
Perbo,
tOre co,
Uxorcido"
iveN io haD East nZo,
toRno,
o,
BuArdino Pina,
cO hoUsand ia,
ANd usanD E uZzo,
at Rufiano or-
yArd Piero:
cOuple f hUntin' y miNd it.
AnD E d Zuliano t,
WRite ert.
And Peasant fOr efUnd.
s ruN OLIM De Estis.
a,
Zesena MoRea,
e Mo'Ammeds,
Parta,
MOrea,
foUr usaNd rs,
AnD Ey o Zeus heRe er fAtty Praestantibusque
BOth d oUr wn,
iN of it Down Er iZe teR,
se,
cAn't Portuguese bOught ieU ckiNg al,
feD E aZilian cuRities ies),
And Pore hOnest a cUss,
er,
aNd rateD,
Ere oZe,
teR-
slugs,
er- mAggots,
Pulously cOlloquial Eetended oZenges,
seRvatives by gAiters Plaining hOut coUnterclaim ssiNg s heaD E,
aZing meRing to hArdness,
Plotinus gOne,
ed Under swuNg sick Dog,
Ered,
aZe he Ran untAin,
Piere mOuntain d AUgustine,
aziNg owarD E aZing eiR e plAin,
Phs bOughs,
e qUiet,
and Now ntenDis Es nZ stRia . . . . . .
becAuse Polèon m On h
dUg teeN,
bukeD Evity.
eZ,
neRveux.
on,
Y A Pas pOur peU se uN mmes De E ez,
euRs,
es,
MAis Paces,
rOis toUs aieNt un caDavre,
En,
eZ,
taRisme,
et cAetera,
Pauvres pOur saUvages,
isoNniers;
çais Disaient:
Er."
tZsk
" A BRest-
Litovsk,
ess?
" Aint Posch gOt olUtion."
'em iNto oing Down Ere,
s.
ZAGREUS!
AGREUS!
st pAle-
clear Pe,
hOunds boUt theNce urveD,
E n.
Zagreus,
heRs,
cleAr Pharum.
GOds,
faUns,
lva Nympharum;
w wooD,
Potted rOugh e cUt MemNons.
eyonD,
Ea,
nZe veR e flAsh Prows,
rOssing.
ft Under ls iN e golD Ers e.
Zothar heR ephAnts,
Plain;
fOr doUr,
pleNdor ippeD Ence eZant,
y aRe smeAred Punished cOsts ed Up ttoNed ehinD En eZants,
eaR.)
r peArls"
Polo;
sOn yoUng rieNne,
will Do Em r Zenos ieRs ere,
A
"Peace!
NOt an-
U-
facture chiNery.
l solD Ell eZ to Run un dAmn Panties.
hO p oUt mpaNy,
ackeD E,
s Zojas HuRbara 's plAce Ps s Once foUr rouNd back Door,
Er r Zenos d PResident semAne Petrol.
e Out l-
bUrning
Are Now n hanD E iZedek.
e tRactors ers And Pense...?"
d:
"On yoU t woN't slanD."
E eZ;
ou'Re e ChAmpz P,
lOmatdentist eaU.
d kiNdly or,
AnD E oZe,
veRy ry.
NAphtha,
P ROtterdam.
thUst ttiNg rounD E,
veZer saR no vAl."
"Possum gO atUrae emiNisse zio eD E aZzo teR d thAt
Put cOndit r sUch re oN
rounD Er d Zamora.
iaRd!
go bAck...
Painted tO s.
JUngle:
reeN nd reD Eathers,
oZenge eaR newAls,
Pe,
sOn,
e sUnlight,
theN ceteD Elow,
aZily veR eld,
As Red;
uOco l fUoco froN,
he boDies Ed nZe
"NoR y seA-
bord.
Partha nOt e qUeen's itiNg or haD Ey iZens siRe."
uo...
NApoli Poli nOther e mUrdered,
youNg came Down Ead UZano waRned y'd hAve Piccinino
"DOve alUnque ra iN eateD E aZ soR infAnt Ptism,
e Others boUt ts,
oN isheD En.
aZzo,
heRe he dAwn Patterns.
FOols moUntains"
gaiNst ghteD Er uZ t pRice,
we cAn't Plane;
tOr yoU meaN,
many Do Et"
eZ d gRinned MohAmed,
Pat rOss foUr etiNg;
hameD.
E eZ:
teR?
uf sAid:
Pence.
tOm 's gUide,
sioN.
loseD E tZo."
giRl
"It's A Psellos,
GOd's yoU opeNesus ze,
anD...
Ese o Zohanne of Rimini ervAnt Prizes wOn g oUr ed oN.
he MoDena E n Zorzo.
PaRisina hesA Pay fOr ng
Un fraNxese anne Da E s Ziparello veR CURATIO PATRIS,
eOnello f GUaldo pleNary
urisDiction E m Zefalonia CoRfu,
lls,
And Paphos,
DOnkey s,
dUst,
sh
ANd an enDless Er iZ d'oR...
n chAmps Piccolo nO.
nt Up o VeNice loweD
E nZa ooR-
knobs e stAtues Piazza cOlumns.
hoUt ayiNg I tolD Ent nZo 's gRace uriA Palace DOges,
hoUse lliNg stalDio Eralds nZo foR e
feAst Pa zO,
ce Up ce aNd VIII Days E iZio peRanzo,
TomAsso Pright rOom...
r pUlchritude e de Non n the Dawn,
E aZzi baRge low After Picia
hOot te Under t goNe.
e wooD E s Zephyrus,
heR,
ec lAedit Pits,
vOices,
soUnd:
ero...
"Nothing we maDe,
E aZza,
woRst m
thAt P cOnvenient foUrth or On he siDe Everyone r Zuan
tuRe he lAnd Piazza e
Of boUt tweNty fiteD Ely nZo BaRbers,
h beAds,
Pelters fOr r cUps r wiNe e lorD Este,
nZaga,
fiRst ths And Pellande hOrses e dUcats o reNt e hunDred Es,
aZza,
e pRize ollAr Piazza fOurteen ntUa e GoNzaga.
e him Down E iZond,
ecRetary fex.
And P.
d Off yoU ghiNg bearDs E r Ziani."
leRs ompAny Pandolfo,
cOnfections,
(yoUng to
ANd assaDor,
Ey,
nZaga,
ypRus s
thAt Pictures.
cOme,
ctUally old.
No worlD E."
rZa:
In Reply re mAtr Price.
hOrses 0 dUcats
ThaN or 80 Ducats Er nZaga bbRaio eb.
wAs Post bOat roUgh f MaNtua m yr.
LDshp Erhaps nZaga stRious he pAst Paying tO roUght im,
oNe bearD Ears nZo,
ouR h I hAve P tO,
coUnt itiNg m.
lorD,
Er w Zuane beRti ertAinly Painter yOurs yoU le oN y gooD Es lZburg:
peRdition.
r exAlted Pustulescence tOo ssUred ave Nothing pe
AnS Etter m Zone n aRe fed And Part bOut n tUbercular hliNger..."
ng,"
AnD Ed iZation...
a PRince
BecAuse Princes,
MOnsieur epUties,
gaiNst
An olD Erwoman rZer r--
pRatzer whAtever Parents r On d oUght akeN es
AnD Ed
(AZ veR erbAkker!
Pokes dOorway:
d:
"HU herNary uckeD Ed tz MaRcebrus,
rds And Peace bOut trUe,
up oN houlDers)
Edical AZores.
s ARkansas TexAs Placard fOr w oUt nto Nothingness t golD Er n Zeno...
foR er fAthers Place tO d rUnning ls.
ANd illeD E nZa teR ronA.
Planks tO d JUventus:
d:
"TeN usanD Ears eZon
OuR y leAf,
Precisely,
yOu o tUtte due...
"No,
he laDy E aZ,
teR wn sAnd,
Pe,
e Of s oUt
StoNe,
fluiD Er,
eZ muRdered.
sboA Price
"Honour?
noUr!
lioN so
AnD Eparted
9 - 10 January 1981
New York
II. From Eleven New Cantos: XXXI - XLI
1/15/81 (EZRA POUND)
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FOr e mUst goiNg.
orteD E nZoff...
ouR ridA Ppi...
tO d cUre...
off Newfoundland.
ecteD E)
eZuela n oRder to mAke Ppear tO e mUch e miNds ecteD Eelings....
iZing ntRy ike A Pope's NOt atUre.
beeN breaD,
Esman cZ hoRors f plAying Particular cOme raUlein tor
Nearly meboDy Else iZe veR
onvAbitch Ppe hOm
leUropa laiNed fereD Eprivation iZe wiRe ut
pApa's Pancreas....
hOut coUntess ere Nobles.
with Dortmund E,
iZ-
nis peRfect rer:
A Peautiful pOy woUlt htoNe ks
anD En Zent y aRe en HAtvany!
Plied e On thUs h HuNgarian e finD E n-
Zaria fuRnished old A Price hOlesale
plUs tioN hey wD.
En aZir ouRs in nAme P tO e bUilt f VeNice.
a loaD-
line,
Eavy aZeth heR,
rom All Proceedeth.
GO,
g,
sUrely u orNate stanDers,
Ers aZe"
deRstood xplAins,
Perhaps,
cOndemning foUnd,
I caN they Dug Ed iZed 's)
thAn pResidents tOgether"
n BUren.
er iN bank"
Damned Ellow eZia d a Rabbit's oot,
And Perform y Operations t aUtomatically steN o reaDers
E iZschniz leR inMAy Put tOry e MUscou liaN e,
"how Do E iZation en,
Romeo unhAppily Pparently dO e sUicide ariNg er boDy E rZa,
ouR s
thAn Payments tOry caUsed ry,
aNy is anD E eZzo-
yit:
weRe to hAve Potbellies cOme lyUm ut;
ANd ht;
AnD E aZza.
noRante!
f 'em All Pope gOes caUse he baNks sh,
AnD Ese UZzano hoRtage n plAce Ps,
s Of e dUe mmuNe rlorD,
Eep oZart tuRal tz' fAther Pt vOn ck Up s,
HiNdenburg's even Dollar Er nZa,
"SuRe ey wAnt P lOp,
blUe bboNs alleD E
15 - 16 January 1981
New York
5/3/83 (EZRA POUND)
oZier's cuRve he wAll,
Phin hOut exUltant
seeN impiDity,
Exultance,
aZ loR r-
leAf
Paler rOck-
layers at-
Un e deNho ia
"HaD Ever oZzaglio,
e tRacchiolino
iccArdo Psit,
lOve blUer thaN oureD
Euridices,
yZance,
a's Rest,
use At P"
n Of trUction eraNts
faceD,
E tZ
e FRance
is
LAnnes Pire
fOrces,
a nUisance,
was Napoleon
l 22nd.
Ery iZation."
deR ed TAlleyrand Political.
e,
Orage id Up ter-
Night al-
AnD E yZantines
m pRologo
othAr.
Perform pÖaut; e jUniper,
ws aNd e lanD E
oZart,
verhanging n-
beAt
Pace
tO n
oUt rk,
aNd owarD Er eZzo heRe iziA.
Ping.
nOrance"
e-
pUt er,
aNd Eauty,
nZe)
veRned u 4.5
A Patke
e Old a qUestion f coNduct.)
inteD En r Zephyrus.
eaR,
lty,
Are
(Pale yOung foUr hroNes,
y minD Ere aZe,
eaRs k StAte Paris -
NOr frUit thiNg,
t saiD:
Esser oZart,
's fRiends te eAch Peace wOrld?
n hUsk s fiNished
to tiDe's E
rZo hiRd n,
heAven,
"Paradiso"
e
Over xcUse ll
aNd paraDiso.
Ey o Zagreus
e aRch greAt Paradiso
çOis noUard,
e suN ling,
"De Et
3 May 1983
New York
5/3/83 (EZRA POUND)
3 May 1983
from Words nd Ends from Ez,
Published by Avenue B Books / P.O. Box 542 / Bolinas, CA 94924.
Go to Two Representative Works of the Last Decade: A Working Present for Jackson Mac Low on His 75th Birthday by Karl Young for commentary on these poems in context of Mac Low's opus.
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