As Tim says, I meant a kind of presence that would linger after an encounter. The image of a sheathe, or cloak (which I think in this case is pretty similar) is simply a way to attach some qualities to that presence - light, bright, and clear. This way Pound is not talking about some abstraction, but a real, felt, quasi-corporal Thing. Tim asked where the exactitude in matters of love comes from, and the idea of soul-symmetry - I don't know the answer to that, but suspect that somewhere in "The Spirit of Romance" there will be clues- I'll wander through those pages as soon as I can. Jay