Ezra Pound - Cantico Del Sole - 1958

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Ezra Pound reads his poem Cantico Del Sole - Recorded in Washington, D.C., June 1958 Cantico Del Sole by Ezra Pound (1885-1972) The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation Troubles my sleep, The thought of what America, The thought of what America, The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation Troubles my sleep. Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant, Now lettest thou thy servant Depart in peace. The thought of what America, The thought of what America, The thought of what America would be like If the Classics had a wide circulation ... Oh well! It troubles my sleep. (From Instigations, 1920)