This work translates lines from Théophile Gautier'
This work translates lines from Théophile Gautier's "Le Château du Souvenir" as "Daphne with her thighs in bark / Stretches toward me her leafy hands" in a section that mentions the Lady Valentine. One character asks that his beloved's graces may be preserved "As roses might, in magic amber laid" in the "Envoi," and the image of amber is echoed in this poem's final section, "Medallion." That protagonist desires to wring "lilies from the acorn" and talks of "Burnes-Jones cartons" and the Pre-Raphaelites in "Yeux Glauques." This poem caricatures Ford Madox Ford and Arnold Bennet as "The Stylist" and Mr. Nixon respectively, and the epitaph of this poem's title figure reads "Here drifted / an hedonist." The title character's "true Penelope was Flaubert," and wishes to "resuscitate the dead art / Of poetry." For 10 points, name this poem about the "life and contacts" of the title aspiring artist, written by Ezra Pound.
This work translates lines from Théophile Gautier's "Le Château du Souvenir" as "Daphne with her thighs in bark /
“{Hugh Selwyn Mauberley}”