tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582642.post-13098298050533765412008-07-11T12:40:00.001-08:002008-07-11T12:43:53.587-08:00 from <em>Hugh Selwyn Mauberley</em><br /><br />IV.<br /><br />THESE fought, in any case,<br />and some believing, pro domo, in any case . .<br />Some quick to arm,<br />some for adventure,<br />some from fear of weakness,<br />some from fear of censure,<br />some for love of slaughter, in imagination,<br />learning later . . .<br /><br />some in fear, learning love of slaughter;<br />Died some "pro patria, non dulce non et decor". .<br /><br />walked eye-deep in hell<br />believing in old men's lies, then unbelieving<br />came home, home to a lie,<br />home to many deceits,<br />home to old lies and new infamy;<br /><br />usury age-old and age-thick<br />and liars in public places.<br /><br />Daring as never before, wastage as never before.<br />Young blood and high blood,<br />Fair cheeks, and fine bodies;<br /><br />fortitude as never before<br /><br />frankness as never before,<br />disillusions as never told in the old days,<br />hysterias, trench confessions,<br />laughter out of dead bellies.<br /><br />V.<br /><br />THERE died a myriad,<br />And of the best, among them,<br />For an old bitch gone in the teeth,<br />For a botched civilization,<br /><br />Charm, smiling at the good mouth,<br />Quick eyes gone under earth's lid,<br /><br />For two gross of broken statues,<br />For a few thousand battered books.<br /><br />--Ezra Pound<br /><P><br /><P>michaelnoreply@blogger.com