Days of 1903
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
I never found them again -- the things so quickly lost....
the poetic eyes, the pale
face.... in the dusk of the street....
I never found them again -- the things acquired quite by chance,
that I gave up so lightly;
and that later in agony I wanted.
The poetic eyes, the pale face,
those lips, I never found again.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 315 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5 |
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