| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Ladies | | By Ezra Pound |
| | Agathas
FOUR and forty lovers had Agathas in the old days, | |
| All of whom she refused; | |
| And now she turns to me seeking love, | |
| And her hair also is turning. | |
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Young Lady
I have fed your lar with poppies, | 5 |
| I have adored you for three full years; | |
| And now you grumble because your dress does not fit | |
| And because I happen to say so. | |
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Lesbia Illa
Memnon, Memnon, that lady | |
| Who used to walk about amongst us | 10 |
| With such gracious uncertainty, | |
| Is now wedded | |
| To a British householder. | |
| Lugete, Veneres! Lugete, Cupidinesque! | |
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Passing
Flawless as Aphrodite, | 15 |
| Thoroughly beautiful, | |
| Brainless, | |
| The faint odor of your patchouli, | |
| Faint, almost, as the lines of cruelty about your chin, | |
| Assails me, and concerns me almost as little. | 20 | | | |
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