Canto XXVII, lines 10-13, p. 129 in my handy paperback New Directions _Cantos_. Refers to England's reversal of attitude toward Portugal at the outbreak of the Great War; they had made agreements with Germany, apparently, to divvy up Portugese colonies with Germany, but changed their tune to Hun boche-ing and Porta-greasing. As I recall from Terrell (_Guide to the Cantos_). > ---------- > From: Timothy P Redman > Reply To: Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 1998 2:15 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: portagoose > > Pound said it, my recollection of where he said it is unclear, but I > suspect that it occurred during or after the League of Nations > sanctions against Italy in the mid '30s since it is obviously > directed sarcastically against the English and Pound's vituperation > of them heats up considerable at that time. > > Tim Redman > > On Sat, 9 May 1998 10:23:27 -0800 Mark <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Does anybody know who said > > "referred to no longer as the goddam portagoose > > but as England's oldest ally" > > and under what circumstances? > > > > mark the wans > > > > [log in to unmask] > > "Peace comes of communication."-- Ezra Pound > > "Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech > > or of the press..." -- Anon > > "To live well is to live with adequate information"-- Norbert Weiner > > Tim Redman > School of Arts and Humanities, JO 31 > University of Texas at Dallas > P.O. Box 830688 > Richardson, TX 75083-0688 > > (972) 883-2775 (o) > (972) 883-2989 (fax) >