Cantico Del Sole from Instigations

Ezra Pound (1915)

The thought of what America woule be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
          Troubles my sleep,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation
          Troubles my sleep,
Nunc dimittis, now lettest thou thy servant,
Now lettest thou thy servant
          Depart in peace.
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America,
The thought of what America would be like
If the Classics had a wide circulation...
          Oh well!
          It troubles my sleep.