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THE TEMPERAMENTS by EZRA POUND

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First Line: NINE ADULTERIES, 12 LIAISONS, 64 FORNICATIONS AND SOMETHING
Last Line: HE HAD TO BE FOUR TIMES CUCKOLD.
Subject(s): SEX;
Nine adulteries, 12 liaisons, 64 fornications and something approaching
a rape
Rest nightly upon the soul of our delicate friend Florialis,
And yet the man is so quiet and reserved in demeanour
That he passes for both bloodless and sexless.
Bastidides, on the contrary, who both talks and writes of nothing
save copulation,
Has become the father of twins,
But he accomplished this feat at some cost;
He had to be four times cuckold.



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