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Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

Cantus Planus

The black panther lies under his rose tree
And the fawns come to sniff at his sides:
 
Evoe, Evoe, Evoe Baccho, O
ZAGREUS, Zagreus, Zagreus,
 
The black panther lies under his rose tree.
|| Hesper adest. Hesper || adest.
Hesper || adest.

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