by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972)
The return
Language: English
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 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!
Text Authorship:
- by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "The return", appears in Ripostes, first published 1912 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walter Morse Rummel (1887 - 1953), "The return", published 1913. [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 90