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DAYS OF 1909, '10, AND '11 by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY

First Line: HE WAS THE SON OF A HARASSED, POVERTY-STRICKEN SAILOR
Last Line: HE WAS SOON USED UP

Poem Sources:

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



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