I wonder if Pound would see his Cantos as a work to comfort during those certain times late in the night, far from home? I think Frost's work might serve this end, but the Cantos is primarily a working text, not a comforting one. (not to say that it does not possess comforting moments, or lyrical, impassioned ones). 
    Where is this quality in the Cantos that most provides the comfort of which you write? Serious question.
 
>>> Tim Romano <[log in to unmask]> 08/25 7:18 AM >>>
"Much conversation is as good as having a home."
  -- Pound,  Difference of Opinion with Lygdamus
 
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> I wonder what proportion of this list's
> readers comprises those, like me, who read EP only for pleasure and who
> find the Cantos, in particular, the only pages that will serve the special
> needs of certain times late in the night or far from home.>>