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Maggie's avatar

Great description of the Ohio Valley👌

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A.P. Ward's avatar

Happily I ended up describing Germany more... haha

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Uncouth Barbarian's avatar

Haha, I just did a series of posts on Usury, and quoted the Ezra Pound poem in one of them. I saw the use of Usura as the name, clicked through, and am glad I did. A nice short story!

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A.P. Ward's avatar

Much appreciated!

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Shade of Achilles's avatar

WITH USURA

?

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A.P. Ward's avatar

YES

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Shade of Achilles's avatar

Usura rusteth the chisel

It rusteth the craft and the craftsman

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A.P. Ward's avatar

It stayeth the young man’s courting

It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth

between the young bride and her bridegroom

CONTRA NATURAM

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Shade of Achilles's avatar

Yes sir

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Clare's avatar

I love it!

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A.P. Ward's avatar

I love you!

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