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CANTICO DEL SOLE by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE THOUGHT OF WHAT AMERICA WOULD BE LIKE
Last Line: IT TROUBLES MY SLEEP.

The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
Troubles my sleep,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
Troubles my sleep.
Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant,
Now lettest thou thy servant
Depart in peace.
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation . . .
Oh well!
It troubles my sleep.



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