<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358809" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Footsteps</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Eagles of coral<br>adorn the ebony bed<br>where Nero lies fast asleep <br>callous, happy, peaceful,<br>in the prime of his body's strength,<br>in the fine vigour of youth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But in the alabaster hall that holds<br>the ancient shrine of the Aenobarbi<br>how restless the household deities!<br>The little gods tremble<br>and try to hide their insignificant bodies.<br>They've heard a terrible sound,<br>a deadly sound coming up the stairs,<br>iron footsteps that shake the staircase;<br>and, faint with fear, the miserable Lares<br>scramble to the back of the shrine,<br>shoving each other and stumbling,<br>one little god falling over another,<br>because they know what kind of sound that is,<br>know by now the footsteps of the Furies.</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=358809" data-title="The Footsteps de Constantine P. Cavafy" data-description="Eagles of coral adorn the ebony bed where Nero lies fast asleep callous, happy, peaceful, in the prime of his body's strength, in the fine vigour of youth. But in the alabaster hall that holds the ancient shrine of the Aenobarbi how restless the..."></div> </div> </div>

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