Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth, Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
Art
Set by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Art", 2010 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [Sung Text]
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Text Authorship:
- by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "L'art, 1910", appears in Lustra, first published 1916
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]O chansons foregoing You were a seven days' wonder. When you came out in the magazines You created considerable stir in Chicago, And now you are stale and worn out, You're a very depleted fashion, A hoop-skirt, a calash, An homely, transient antiquity. Only emotion remains. Your emotions? Are those of a maitre-de-cafe.
Text Authorship:
- by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "Epilogue", appears in Lustra, first published 1916
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)