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THE SEEING EYE by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE SMALL DOGS LOOK AT THE BIG DOGS
Last Line: THAT WE FIND MINUTE OBSERVATION.
Subject(s): ANIMALS; DOGS;
The small dogs look at the big dogs;
They observe unwieldly dimensions
And curious imperfections of odor.
Here is a formal male group:
The young men look upon their seniors,
They consider the elderly mind
And observe its inexplicable correlations.

Said Tsin-Tsu:
It is only in small dogs and the young
That we find minute observation.



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