T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, with Annotations (and other explanations) by Jonathan Vold

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43             Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
44             Had a bad cold, nevertheless
45             Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe,
46             With a wicked pack of cards. Here, said she,
47             Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor,
48             (Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!)
49             Here is Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks,
50             The lady of situations.
51             Here is the man with three staves, and here the Wheel,
52             And here is the one-eyed merchant, and this card,
53             Which is blank, is something he carries on his back,
54             Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find
55             The Hanged Man. Fear death by water.
56             I see crowds of people, walking round in a ring.
57             Thank you. If you see dear Mrs. Equitone,
58             Tell her I bring the horoscope myself:
59             One must be so careful these days.

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T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, with Annotations (and other explanations) by Jonathan Vold

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The Waste Land, by Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1922, as published in Poems, 1909-1925 (Faber 1925)

Annotations and other explanations, Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold. All rights reserved.

Background photograph, Dead River at Illinois Beach State Park, Early Spring © 2006, 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold.

Au Lecteur (To the Reader), by Charles Baudelaire, 1867, translation © 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold.

Dans le Restaurant (In the Restaurant), by T. S. Eliot, 1920, translation © 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold.

El Desdichado (The Loser), by Gerard de Nerval, 1853, translation © 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold.

The Fire Sermon (Everything is Burning), by Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, 483 BC, translation © 2013, 2014 by Jonathan Vold.

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Dedication

To my own Vivienne, wherever you are:

... not to be found in my obituary
Or in memories draped
by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken
by the lean solicitor
In my empty room












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