Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TOMB OF THE GRAMMARIAN LYSIAS by CONSTANTINE P. CAVAFY

First Line: JUST TO YOUR RIGHT AS YOU ENTER THE LIBRARY
Last Line: OF GREEK IDIOMS. AND THUS WE'LL ALWAYS SEE AND HONOR %HIS TOMB, WHENEVER WE GO TO THE BOOKS

Poem Sources:

TALISMAN, #6, SPRING/91.
(1991)

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