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Quote by Ezra Pound
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rig

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound

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Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barbers wax dummy is to sculpture. – Ezra Pound

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