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DAMASTES (ALSO KNOWN AS PROCRUSTES) SPEAKS by ZBIGNIEW HERBERT

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY MOVABLE EMPIRE BETWEEN ATHENS AND MEGARA
Last Line: AND BRING THE TASK SO BOLDLY BEGUN TO ITS END

Poem Sources:

POLISH POETRY OF THE LAST TWO DECADES OF COMMUNIST RULE; SPOILING CANNIBALS' FUN.
  BARANCZAK, STANISLAW, & CAVANAGH, CLARE (EDS. & TRS.)
  (1991)
 
VOICES OF CONSCIENCE; POETRY FROM OPPRESSION.
  CRONYN, HUME, RICHARD MCKANE, AND STEPHEN WATTS
  (1995)
 



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