Possible Clues:

• Pound associated with meter
• Pound for a good book?
• Book that tells of the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem
• Book of Artaxerxes
• It begins 'In the first year of Cyrus...'
• ... Pound, American poet who lived in Italy
• College founder Cornell
• Jerusalem visitor from the Persian court
• Book that details the reign of Cyrus
• Time to get hold of unknown book