Exultations

Exultations by Ezra Pound is a fiercely musical poetry collection where reverence, rebellion, and longing collide in language of extraordinary intensity. From the start, Pound's voice feels strikingly modern and unmistakably personal: the poems move through prayerful hush, medieval and Provençal echoes, and dreamlike landscapes of stars, rain, roses, and shadowed forests, always turning beauty into something felt as much as seen. Desire becomes worship in the love lyrics, while poems such as those on Francesca, Columbus, Plotinus, and the mirror-self widen the emotional field to include history, philosophy, identity, and spiritual strain. The volume also embraces dramatic historical and devotional personae, from the war-drunk roar of Sestina: Altaforte to the proud ruin of Piere Vidal, the reverent vigor of The Ballad of the Goodly Fere, and intimate sacred pieces that bless sleeping children, lament dead kings, or catch lovers at dawn. Across its varied forms—sestinas, hymns, ballads, laments, and meditations—the book reveals Pound at once fierce, tender, playful, and searching for a language equal to beauty, loss, and transcendence. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.