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THE PICTURE (VENUS RECLINING) by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE EYES OF THIS DEAD LADY SPEAK TO ME
Last Line: THE EYES OF THIS DEAD LADY SPEAK TO ME.
Subject(s): JACOPO DEL SALLAIO (1442-1493); LOVE; PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS;
The eyes of this dead lady speak to me,
For here was love, was not to be drowned out.
And here desire, not to be kissed away.

The eyes of this dead lady speak to me.



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