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Tom White <[log in to unmask]>
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James:
I suspect Blake was a little too "mystical" for Pound, that being another
word for cranky or uselessly obscure. Anyway I remember from somewhere a
crack of Pound's to the effect of: you can't expect much from people who
think rhyming in the vein: "Tiger Tiger catch 'em quick; all the little
lambs are sick," is great verse. Perhaps a bit unfair? EP did not put
anything of Blake's in the anthology "From Confucius to Cummings." Tom White


On 7/12/04 7:50 PM, "James McDougall" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The fragment of Canto CXVI contains the following line:
>
>
>        Disney against the metaphysicals,
> and Laforgue more than they thought in him,
>
> What does Pound mean? Does Pound ever talk about Disney in any other context?
>
> I'm also wondering about Blake. Pound somewhere calls the romantic "Dippy
> William." Does anyone know where this is from, or whether Pound discusses
> Blake with any seriousness?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> James

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