<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358705" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Exiles</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It goes on being Alexandria still. Just walk a bit<br>along the straight road that ends at the Hippodrome<br>and you'll see palaces and monuments that will amaze you.<br>Whatever war-damage it's suffered,<br>however much smaller it's become,<br>it's still a wonderful city.<br>And then, what with excursions and books<br>and various kinds of study, time does go by.<br>In the evenings we meet on the sea front,<br>the five of us (all, naturally, under fictitious names)<br>and some of the few other Greeks<br>still left in the city.<br>Sometimes we discuss church affairs<br>(the people here seem to lean toward Rome)<br>and sometimes literature.<br>The other day we read some lines by Nonnos:<br>what imagery, what rhythm, what diction and harmony!<br>All enthusiasm, how we admired the Panopolitan.<br>So the days go by, and our stay here<br>isn't unpleasant because, naturally,<br>it's not going to last forever.<br>We've had good news: if something doesn't come<br>of what's now afoot in Smyrna,<br>then in April our friends are sure to move from Epiros,<br>so one way or another, our plans are definitely working out,<br>and we'll easily overthrow Basil.<br>And when we do, at last our turn will come.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Constantine+P.+Cavafy">Constantine P. Cavafy</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358705" data-title="Exiles de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="It goes on being Alexandria still. Just walk a bit along the straight road that ends at the Hippodrome and you'll see palaces and monuments that will amaze you. Whatever war-damage it's suffered, however much smaller it's become, it's still a wond..."></div> </div> </div>

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