EZRA POUND* plebeian assume know ridicule assume finesse discount assume currency dissolution assume impregnation fungous assume host seek assume find pound assume ezra                               (1970-71) _________________________ * �EZRA POUND� and the following poem, �WM WORDSWORTH�, are from a group of �Portraits� which make up part six of POEMS 1970-1971 (Gogmagog Press, 1972). The other �Portraits� include Shakespeare, JMW Turner, Pablo Picasso and Lao Tsu.      Upon sending me the text for this poem, Alan Tucker commented: �This did nothing for me then and still does nothing now or just irritates - Morris could have kept his pounding drier - He �assumes� too much.� (email dated 3.vii.2002). - BH/03