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Слушать(AI)He Swears
He swears from time to time
Begin a better
Whenever though the night
With its own counsellings,
With its own
And its own undertakings;
But whenever the night
With its own domination,
Of the body that wills and wants, to that
Fatal enjoyment, lost, he goes again.
Constantine P Cavafy
Constantine Peter Cavafy (April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933) was an Egyptiot Greek poet, journalist and civil servant. His consciou
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