To Dives



Who am I to condemn you, O Dives,
I who am as much embittered
With poverty
As you are with useless riches ?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Characters 112
Words 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Ezra Pound

 · 1885 · Hailey, Idaho
 · 1972 · Venice

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic of the early modernist movement. more…

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