From photo-portrait by Alvin Langdon Coburn
EZRA POUND.
LUSTRA
OF
EZRA POUND
Definition—"Lustrum: an offering for the sins of the whole people, made by the censors at the expiration of their five years of office."
Elementary Latin Dictionary of Charlton T. Lewis.
200 copies privately printed, of which this is No. . . .197
Certain of these poems have appeared in Poetry, Blast, Poetry and Drama, Smart Set, and Others, to the editors of which magazines the author wishes to make due acknowledgment.
E. P.
V. L.
Cui dono lepidum novum libellum.
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Separation on the River Kiang |
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Taking Leave of a Friend |
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Leave-taking near Shoku |
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The City of Choan |
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925.
The author died in 1972, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 30 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.