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. ///////// 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