Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,
Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.

Text Authorship:

• by Ezra Pound (1885 - 1972), "L'art, 1910", appears in Lustra, first published 1916 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by Gary Bachlund , "Art", 2010. [medium voice or high voice and piano].
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This text was added to the website: 2011-12-27
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Word count: 15