 He thought that it would impress publisher Thomas Bird Mosher, but was mistaken; Mosher refused to acknowledge the then-unknown poet.Unsuccessful with finding an American publisher, by February 1908 had left for Europe, first arriving in Gibraltar, then moving to Venice, Italy.It is in this latter city that Pound ultimately self-published "A Lume Spento" in July 1908, with the printer A. Antonini.