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And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
Approximate author period: c. 1909 AD · modern
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- Ezra Pound
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- Approximate author period: c. 1909 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ezra Pound: documented activity in 1909. Wikidata Q163366, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163366 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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