Replying to:
21 February 2008, by Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
The Caedmon Recordings Recorded in Washington, D.C., June 12, 13, 26, 1958
Moeurs Contemporaine (1918)
Mr. Styrax *
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MR. HECATOMB STYRAX, the owner of a large estate
and of large muscles,
A "blue" and a climber of mountains, has married
at the age of 28,
He being at that age a virgin,
The term "virgo" being made male in mediaeval latinity;
His ineptitudes
Having driven his wife from one religious excess to
another.
She has abandoned the vicar
For he was lacking in vehemence; (...)