Dear list members,

In the former post I suggested Pound regarded Bearsley
as a decadant man by citing a phrase " a sick man."
It was not exact. I apologize.

Part of what Pound saying on Beasley in the radio speach
is as follows;

Bearsley was a sick man, knew he had to make a name
quick if he wanted to make it. Personal wish, NOT belief
in what art is or ought to be. Knew he hadn't time to learn
to PAINT. His sane youthful impulse was to pre-raphaelite
beauty. Early drawings, Burne-Jones, that's what he WANTED.
 Yeats asked him why he hadn't stuck to it. Bearsley was
no slouch, he was a courageous invalid. He was a heroic
invalid, up to the point of his force. He didn't lie himself nor
to his friends in private. He answered:

Beauty is so DIFFICULT.

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Pound is saying that Bearsley made a name qickly
because he was medically ill and couldn't expect long life.
So, what he is saying here is same as in the Canto 80.
I could not find an answer to the question how Pound knew
the conversation between Yeats and Beardsley.

Hideo Nogami