The Great War: "For a botched civilization."

There died a myriad,
And of the best, among them,
For an old bitch gone in the teeth,
For a botched civilization.

Charm, smiling at the good mouth,
Quick eyes gone under earth's lid,

For two gross of broken statues,
For a few thousand battered books.

H. S. Mauberley by Ezra Pound

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 11, 2013 1:08 AM