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Subject: CAVAFY, CONSTANTINE P. (1863-1933)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` C.P. CAVAFY, THERMOPYLAE, by DAVID FERRY    Poem Full Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Honor is due to those who are keeping watch,
Subject(s): Cavafy, Constantine P. (1863-1933)


DAYS OF 1931, by JAMES COLLINS    Poem Source                    
First Line: A ritual, he thinks, is something you continue to do long after it has lost
Last Line: He was wrong. Not one had that desire
Subject(s): Cavafy, Constantine P. (1863-1933); Mythology - Classical; Orpheus; Thebes, Greece


DAYS OF 1978, by GERALD STERN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the only thing that clarifies my life
Subject(s): Memory; Cavafy, Constantine P. (1863-1933)