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Ezra Pound - Historion

No man hath dared to write this thing as yet, 
And yet I know, how that the souls of all men great 
At times pass athrough us, 
And we are melted into them, and are not 
Save reflexions of their souls. 
Thus am I Dante for a space and am 
One Francois Villon, ballad-lord and thief, 
Or am such holy ones I may not write 
Lest blasphemy be writ against my name; 
This for an instant and the flame is gone.

'Tis as in midmost us there glows a sphere 
Translucent, molten gold, that is the "I" 
And into this some form projects itself: 
Christus, or John, or eke the Florentine; 
And as the clear space is not if a form's 
Imposed thereon, 
So cease we from all being for the time, 
And these, the Masters of the Soul, live on.

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Poet: Ezra Pound
Poem: Historion

Comment 5 of 5, added on February 12th, 2012 at 8:41 AM.
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VO9hmh Thanks for the news! Just was thinking about it! By the way Happy New Year to all of you:DD

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Comment 4 of 5, added on December 24th, 2010 at 7:44 PM.
Historion

No man hath dared to write this thing as yet,
And yet I know, how that the souls of all men great
At times pass athrough us,
And we are melted into them, and are not
The poet is saying we are mortal for souls are immortal.

Sheryl Skoglund from United States
Comment 3 of 5, added on May 24th, 2007 at 4:36 AM.

I understand this as it follows:
The work of "all men great..the masters of the soul, LIVE ON"! The tradition always projects itself on the new. "The 'I'", the individuality of the poet is marked by his new view point, but also by the work of the previous....


Bibi from Bulgaria

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