<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391184" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>For E. McC</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gone while your tastes were keen to you,<br>Gone where the grey winds call to you,<br>By that high fencer, even Death,<br>Struck of the blade that no man parrieth;<br>Such is your fence, one saith,<br>One that hath known you.<br>Drew you your sword most gallantly<br>Made you your pass most valiantly<br>'Gainst that grey fencer, even Death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gone as a gust of breath<br>Faith! no man tarrieth,<br>‘Se il cor ti manca,’ but it failed thee not!<br>'Non ti fidar,’ it is the sword that speaks<br>‘In me.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou trusted'st in thyself and met the blade<br>'Thout mask or gauntlet, and art laid<br>As memorable broken blades that be<br>Kept as bold trophies of old pageantry.<br>As old Toledos past their days of war<br>Are kept mnemonic of the strokes they bore,<br>So art thou with us, being good to keep<br>In our heart's sword-rack, though thy sword-arm sleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ENVOI<br>Struck of the blade that no man parrieth<br>Pierced of the point that toucheth lastly all,<br>'Gainst that grey fencer, even Death,<br>Behold the shield! He shall not take thee all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ezra+Pound">Ezra Pound</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391184" data-title="For E. McC de Ezra Pound" data-description="Gone while your tastes were keen to you, Gone where the grey winds call to you, By that high fencer, even Death, Struck of the blade that no man parrieth; Such is your fence, one saith, One that hath known you. Drew you your sword most gallantly M..."></div> </div> </div>

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