100 Quotes That Caught My Eye: #4
I'm reading poetry for school, and this is what just came up:
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
Lend me a little tobacco-shop,
or install me in any profession
Save this damn'd profession of writing,
where one needs one's brains all the time.
Ezra Pound, The Lake Isle
You are wise, Ezra Pound!
O God, O Venus, O Mercury, patron of thieves,
Lend me a little tobacco-shop,
or install me in any profession
Save this damn'd profession of writing,
where one needs one's brains all the time.
Ezra Pound, The Lake Isle
You are wise, Ezra Pound!