291. An Immorality by Ezra Pound. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

291. An Immorality

By Ezra Pound


SING we for love and idleness,
Naught else is worth the having.

Though I have been in many a land,
There is naught else in living.

And I would rather have my sweet,	5
Though rose-leaves die of grieving,

Than do high deeds in Hungary
To pass all men’s believing.