Ancient Music
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Ancient Music by Ezra Pound
Release Date
Mon Jan 01 1912
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Ezra Pound, who never wrote without some sort of literary tradition at his back, does a little parody of the very old English song, Summer is Icumen in.
Anyone who has had the pleasure of living in a place like, say, NY for the winter can probably identify with the poem’s speaker.
Though perhaps t...
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Ancient Music Annotated
Winter is icummen in,
Lhude sing Goddamm.
Raineth drop and staineth slop,
And how the wind doth ramm!
Sing: Goddamm.
Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us,
An ague hath my ham.
Freezeth river, turneth liver,
Damn you, sing: Goddamm.
Goddamm, Goddamm, 'tis why I am, Goddamm,
So 'gainst the winter's balm.
Sing goddamm, damm, sing Goddamm.
Sing goddamm, sing goddamm, DAMN.
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When did Ezra-pound release Ancient Music?
Ezra-pound released Ancient Music on Mon Jan 01 1912.