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MAUBERLEY: 1 by EZRA POUND

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First Line: TURNED FROM THE 'EAU-FORTE / PAR JAQUEMART'
Last Line: TO FORGE ACHAIA.
@3"Vacuos exercet aera morsus."@1


Turned from the "eau-forte
Par Jaquemart"
To the strait head
Of Messalina:

"His true Penelope
Was Flaubert,"
And his tool
The engraver's.

Firmness,
Not the full smile,
His art, but an art
In profile;

Colorless
Pier Francesca,
Pisanello lacking the skill
To forge Achaia.



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