PROVENÇA POEMS SELECTED FROM PERSONAE, EXULTATIONS, AND CANZONIERE OF EZRA POUND [Illustration: SCIRE · QVOD SCIENDVM] BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1910_, BY EZRA POUND THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. CONTENTS PERSONAE LA FRAISNE 5 CINO 7 NA AUDIART 9 VILLONAUD FOR THIS YULE 11 A VILLONAUD, BALLAD OF THE GIBBET 12 MESMERISM 14 FAMAM LIBROSQUE CANO 15 IN TEMPORE SENECTUTIS 17 CAMARADERIE 18 FOR E. McC. 19 BALLAD FOR GLOOM 20 AT THE HEART O’ ME 21 THE TREE 22 AN IDYL FOR GLAUCUS 22 MARVOIL 26 IN THE OLD AGE OF THE SOUL 28 REVOLT AGAINST THE CREPUSCULAR SPIRIT IN MODERN POETRY 28 AND THUS IN NINEVEH 30 THE WHITE STAG 31 PICCADILLY 31 EXULTATIONS NIGHT LITANY 37 SESTINA: ALTAFORTE 39 BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE 41 PORTRAIT 43 THE EYES 43 NILS LYKKE 44 “FAIR HELENA” BY RACKHAM 45 GREEK EPIGRAM 45 HISTRION 46 PARACELSUS IN EXCELSIS 46 A SONG OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER 47 SONG 48 PLANH FOR THE YOUNG ENGLISH KING 49 ALBA INNOMINATA 50 LAUDANTES 52 PLANH 56