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ON HIS OWN FACE IN A GLASS by EZRA POUND

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First Line: O STRANGE FACE THERE IN THE GLASS!
Last Line: AND YE?

O strange face there in the glass!
O ribald company, O saintly host,
O sorrow-swept my fool,
What answer? O ye myriad
That strive and play and pass,
Jest, challenge, counterlie!
I? I? I?
And ye?



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