Linda:

I'm not a Pound expert, but am on the digest doing research on E.E.
Cummings.

But the quote:

In the Tao Te Ching there is a quote, "As you contemplate, so are you
contemplated."

Just rang a bell.

I'm very interested in how the modern poets (if that's the right term) were
interested in Eastern thought. I see it in Frost, Cummings, Emerson, Thoreau
(now I'm meandering backwards in time . . .) but in my American Studies
program here in Maine my prof's think I'm crazy and flat out deny any such
influence. Sigh!!

Kate Cone
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Cahir" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: quick question


An Ezra Pound quote--or some piece of it--which I love keeps rattling in my
head. Does anyone know the source and the correct wording of:

What you look hard at has a way of looking back hard at you.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read, and, perhaps even to respond
to this query. I appreciate it.