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AN IMMORALITY by EZRA POUND

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First Line: SING WE FOR LOVE AND IDLENESS
Last Line: TO PASS ALL MEN'S BELIEVING.
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,
Though rose-leaves die of grieving,

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



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