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BYZANTINE NOBLEMAN IN EXILE COMPOSING VERSES by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY

First Line: THE FRIVOLOUS CAN CALL ME FRIVOLOUS
Last Line: IT MAY BE JUST THIS STRICTNESS THAT PROVOKES THEIR %DISAPPROVAL
Subject(s): BYZANTINE EMPIRE; EXILES; POETRY AND POETS;

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS. EDMUND KEELEY AND PHILIP SHERRARD (TRS.)
  CAVAFY, C. P.
  (1992)
 
THE ESSENTIAL CAVAFY. (EDMUND KEELEY AND PHILIP SHERRARD TRS.)
  CAVAFY, C. P.
  (1995)
 



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