Before Time Altered Them (Constantine P. Cavafy Poems)
They were full of sadness at their parting.That wasn't what they themselves wanted: it was circumstances.The need to earn a ...
They were full of sadness at their parting.That wasn't what they themselves wanted: it was circumstances.The need to earn a ...
Partly to verify an era, partly also to pass the time, last night I picked up a collection of Ptolemaic ...
I never found them again -- the things so quickly lost.... the poetic eyes, the pale face.... in the dusk ...
The sea took a sailor to its depths.-- His mother, unsuspecting, goes and lights a tall candle before the Virgin ...
Our efforts are those of the unfortunate; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. Somewhat we succeed; somewhat we ...
In the prologue to her Alexiad, Anna Comnena laments her widowhood. Her soul is dizzy. "And with rivers of tears," ...
Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp and sat down here. ...
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