Pound

Famous quotes containing the word pound:

“For three years, out of key with his time,
He strove to resuscitatethe dead art
Of poetry; to maintain “the sublime”
In the old sense.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“Unaffected by “the march of events,”
He passed from men’s memory in l’an trentiesme
De son eage; the case presents
No adjunct to the Muses’ diadem.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d’Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)