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Constantine P Cavafy's Poetry, by first line

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  • The Grave of the Grammarian Lysias
    Very close to you, as you enter on the right, in the Beirut
    library, we buried the sage Lysias,
    8 lines
  • Far Off
    I should like to relate this memory ...
    but it is so faded now ... scarecely anthing is left --
    7 lines, 1 comment
  • In Despair
    He has lost him completely.     And now he is seeking
    on the lips of     every new lover
    14 lines
  • Body Remember
    Body, remember not only how much you were loved
    not only the beds you lay on.
    11 lines
  • Sensual Pleasures
    My life's joy and incense: recollection of those hours
    when I found and captured pleasure as I wanted it.
    4 lines
  • Their Beginning
    Their illicit pleasure has been fulfilled.
    They get up and dress quickly, without a word.
    9 lines
  • Picture of a 23-year-old Youth Painted by His Friend of the Same Age, an Amature
    He finished the painting yesterday noon. Now
    he studies it in detail. He has painted him in a
    13 lines
  • I've Brought To Art
    I sit in a mood of reverie.
    I've brought to Art desires and sensations:
    9 lines
  • Poseidonians
    The Poseidonians forgot the Greek language
    after so many centuries of mingling
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • In Church
    I love the church: its labara,
    its silver vessels, its candleholders,
    11 lines
  • The Town
    You said: “I’ll go to another land, to other seaways wandering,
    Some other town may yet be found better than this,
    16 lines
  • He Swears
    He swears from time to time to
    Begin a better life
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • One Night
    The room was penurious and common,
    Hidden over a disreputable tavern,
    12 lines
  • Grey
    Looking at an opal, a half-grey opal,
    I remembered two beautiful grey eyes
    11 lines
  • Tomb of Iases
    Iases here I lie. To whom this proud
    City for youth and beauty gave much fame.
    8 lines
  • The Mirror in the Hall
    The rich house had in the hall
    An enormous mirror, very old;
    18 lines
  • Days of 1908
    That was the year when he stayed
    Without work, for a living played
    31 lines
  • Exiles
    It goes on being Alexandria still. Just walk a bit
    along the straight road that ends at the Hippodrome
    27 lines
  • Morning Sea
    Let me stop here. Let me, too, look at nature awhile.
    The brilliant blue of the morning sea, of the cloudless sky,
    8 lines
  • The First Step
    The young poet Evmenis
    complained one day to Theocritus:
    26 lines
  • On an Italian Shore
    Kimos, son of Menedoros, a young Greek-Italian,
    devotes his life to amusing himself,
    12 lines
  • Pictured
    My work, I'm very careful about it, and I love it.
    But today I'm discouraged by how slowly it's going.
    12 lines
  • Very Seldom
    He's an old man. Used up and bent,
    crippled by time and indulgence,
    11 lines
  • Since Nine O'Clock
    Half past twelve. Time has gone by quickly
    since nine o'clock when I lit the lamp
    21 lines
  • According To The Formulas Of Ancient Grecosyrian Magi
    "What distillate can be discovered from herbs
    of a witching brew," said an aesthete,
    30 lines
  • In Harbor
    A young man, twenty eight years old, on a vessel from Tenos,
    Emes arrived at this Syrian harbor
    26 lines
  • Finalities
    Amid fear and suspicions,
    with agitated mind and frightened eyes,
    26 lines
  • As much as you can
    And if you can't shape your life the way you want,
    at least try as much as you can
    24 lines
  • Apollonius Of Tyana In Rhodes
    Apollonius was talking about
    proper education and conduct with a young
    27 lines
  • Ithaka
    As you set out for Ithaka
    hope your road is a long one,
    82 lines, 1 comment
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