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NERO'S DEADLINE by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY

First Line: NERO WASN'T UPSET BY THE PROPHESY OF THE DELPHIC ORACLE
Last Line: GALBA, THE OLD MAN OF SEVENTY-THREE

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS. TRANSLATED BY DESMOND O'GRADY.
  CAVAFY, C. P.
  (1998)
 



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