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| + | == THE WASTE LAND == | ||
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| + | 1922 | ||
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| + | Go to [[Epigraph Annotations]] | ||
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| − | I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD | + | Go to [[Dedication Annotations]] |
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| + | For Ezra Pound | ||
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| + | ''Il miglior fabbro'' | ||
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| + | ====I. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD==== | ||
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| + | [["The Burial of the Dead" Annotations]] | ||
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With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, | With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, | ||
| − | And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, | + | And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, 10 |
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. | And drank coffee, and talked for an hour. | ||
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | ||
| − | + | :Frisch weht der Wind | |
| − | + | :Der Heimat zu | |
| − | + | :Mein Irisch Kind, | |
| − | + | :Wo weilest du? | |
"You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; | "You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; | ||
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"You! hypocrite lecteur! - mon semblable, - mon frere!" | "You! hypocrite lecteur! - mon semblable, - mon frere!" | ||
| + | ====II. A GAME OF CHESS==== | ||
| − | + | [["A Game of Chess" Annotations]] | |
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"What is that noise?" | "What is that noise?" | ||
| − | + | :::::The wind under the door. | |
"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?" | "What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?" | ||
| − | + | :::::Nothing again nothing. 120 | |
| − | + | :::::::::::::"Do | |
"You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember | "You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember | ||
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| − | + | I remember | |
Those are pearls that were his eyes. | Those are pearls that were his eyes. | ||
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"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?" | "Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?" | ||
| − | + | :::::::::::::But | |
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag - | O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag - | ||
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"What shall we ever do?" | "What shall we ever do?" | ||
| − | + | :::::::The hot water at ten. | |
And if it rains, a closed car at four. | And if it rains, a closed car at four. | ||
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| − | III. THE FIRE SERMON | + | ====III. THE FIRE SERMON ==== |
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| + | [["The Fire Sermon" Annotations]] | ||
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| − | + | :The river sweats | |
| − | + | :Oil and tar | |
| − | + | :The barges drift | |
| − | + | :With the turning tide | |
| − | + | :Red sails 270 | |
| − | + | :Wide | |
| − | + | :To leeward, swing on the heavy spar. | |
| − | + | :The barges wash | |
| − | + | :Drifting logs | |
| − | + | :Down Greenwich reach | |
| − | + | :Past the Isle of Dogs. | |
| − | + | ::Weialala leia | |
| − | + | ::Wallala leialala | |
| − | + | :Elizabeth and Leicester | |
| − | + | :Beating oars 280 | |
| − | + | :The stern was formed | |
| − | + | :A gilded shell | |
| − | + | :Red and gold | |
| − | + | :The brisk swell | |
| − | + | :Rippled both shores | |
| − | + | :Southwest wind | |
| − | + | :Carried down stream | |
| − | + | :The peal of bells | |
| − | + | :White towers | |
| − | + | ::Weialala leia 290 | |
| − | + | ::Wallala leialala | |
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Nothing." | Nothing." | ||
| − | + | :la la | |
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| − | IV. DEATH BY WATER | + | ====IV. DEATH BY WATER==== |
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| + | [["Death by Water" Annotations]] | ||
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And the profit and loss. | And the profit and loss. | ||
| − | + | :::::::A current under sea | |
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell | Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell | ||
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Entering the whirlpool. | Entering the whirlpool. | ||
| − | + | ::::::::Gentile or Jew | |
O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320 | O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320 | ||
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| − | V. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID | + | ====V. WHAT THE THUNDER SAID==== |
| + | [["What the Thunder Said" Annotations]] | ||
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From doors of mudcracked houses | From doors of mudcracked houses | ||
| − | + | :::::::::::If there were water | |
And no rock | And no rock | ||
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| − | + | :::::::I sat upon the shore | |
Fishing, with the arid plain behind me | Fishing, with the arid plain behind me | ||
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Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. | Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. | ||
| − | + | :::::Shantih shantih shantih | |
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| + | Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]] | ||
