At 02:15 PM 7/1/98 -0400, Tim Redman wrote: >Pound said it, my recollection of where he said it is unclear, but I <snip> > >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? It's from Canto 27 (p.129 in the 1979 ND), but I suspect that Mark was quoting the canto and asking about the source of Pound's line. Good question -- anybody know? -- Brett Zombro [log in to unmask]