The Return - A poem by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound - The Return

See, they return; ah, see the tentative
     Movements, and the slow feet,
     The trouble in the pace and the uncertain
     Wavering!

See, they return, one, and by one,
With fear, as half-awakened;
As if the snow should hesitate
And murmur in the wind,
          and half turn back;
These were the "Wing'd-with-Awe,"
          Inviolable.

Gods of the wingèd shoe!
With them the silver hounds,
          sniffing the trace of air!

Haie! Haie!
     These were the swift to harry;
These the keen-scented;
These were the souls of blood.

Slow on the leash,
          pallid the leash-men!

Added: on May 10th, 2007 at 11:25 PM | Viewed: 17122 times | Comments and analysis of The Return by Ezra Pound Comments (4)

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Poet: Ezra Pound (Ezra Pound Art) Poem: The Return Poem of the Day: May 30 2004 Comment 4 of 4, added on August 15th, 2008 at 3:15 PM. Golden boys and golden girls must, like the chimney sweep, turn to dust. Approximate Shakespeare, but it is an evocation of wounded vets returning to the scenes of their youthful triumphs after being brutalized by war. It could also be all of us in the future, arizing from our graves at someOne's bequest. .... just an Idle Thought. Dan Domnail from Ireland Comment 3 of 4, added on May 17th, 2007 at 3:32 AM. ifond the reeturn poem because it taalks about main theme in the world that the world begins withw vigiorus souls and vital but at the last step of the life the world turned to decay. this poem represent the imagist movement an i think it has acoonection with wiliiam butttler yeats in his poem "sailing to byzantium "and with thomas hardy in his poem in the fall of "the breaking nations" zakaryia moustafa salameh al mhasees jordan yarmouck university 17/5/2007 zakaryia moustafa almhasees from Jordan Comment 2 of 4, added on May 10th, 2007 at 11:25 PM. You have written of the end. John from Italy More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Return, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Ezra Pound with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Ezra Pound Poem: The Return Last read: Nov 7 2009, 10:59PM Poem of the Day: May 30 2004 Viewed 17122 times. Added on May 10th, 2007 at 11:25 PM.

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