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A Lume Spento (translated by the author as With Tapers Quenched) is a 1908 poetry collection by Ezra Pound. Self-published in Venice, it was his first collection.
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62 ratings7 reviews. Ezra Pound's first book of poetry that was privately printed in Venice in 1908 by A. Antonini. Includes an active table of contents, correct spacing/breaks, links to footnotes, and automatic (poetic) indentation for any size frame or font. For more classic, masterfully kindled poetry titles, look for Perscribo in the Amazon ...
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Sep 3, 2010 · Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. "First printing"--Verso of t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index. A lume spento -- A quinzaine for this Yule -- Some poems from the "San Trovaso" notebook.
Nov 25, 2011 · by Ezra Pound (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.7 6 ratings. See all formats and editions. Ezra Pound's first book of poetry that was privately printed in Venice in 1908 by A. Antonini. Includes an active table of contents, correct spacing/breaks, links to footnotes, and automatic (poetic) indentation for any size frame or font.
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In 1908, Pound published his first volumes, A Lume Spento [With Tapers Quenched], A Quinzaine for This Yule, and Personae [Masks]. Content to live outside his native land, in September 1909, he settled in a sparse front room in London's Kensington section; five years later, he married Dorothy Shakespear.
Pound retitled the collection. A Lume Spento. , with tapers quenched, in reference to a mourning ceremony mentioned by Dante. He also dedicated the volume to Smith, “Painter, Dreamer of Dreams”. There are some forty or so poems in the collection and they reflect both the student.
