Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THREE POETS, by EZRA POUND



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First Line: Candidia has taken a new lover
Last Line: And the third writes an epigram to candidia.
Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets


Candidia has taken a new lover
And three poets are gone into mourning.
The first has written a long elegy to "Chloris,"
To "Chloris chaste and cold," his "only Chloris."
The second has written a sonnet
upon the mutability of woman,
And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.





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