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WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY

Poem Explanation

First Line: WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, GATHERED IN THE MARKET-PLACE [OR, ASSEMBLED IN FORUM]?
Subject(s): CIVILIZATION; WAR;
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