The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition
by C.P. Cavafy

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of subtle nuance. He sees, knows, analyzes the outward
manifestations, experiences, modes -- and yet at the
same time internally is aware, secretly, of the inner
manifestations, desires, manifestations, and modes.
The critical edge of judgment and decision is when
and in what ways he will actualize the secret internal
desire into the "public" external world. These poems
reflect those attempts and results. However, Cavafy
is also interested in ancient history, and many of
his poems reflect a sort of world-weary love and
appreciation, yet sadness at the passing of the past,
towards the history of ancient Greece and that of
the Hellenistic World which followed in the wake
of the conquests and death of Alexander the Great.
Here is a sample of Cavafy, the poem titled "At the
Cafe Entrance":
Something they said beside me directed
my attention toward the cafe entrance.
And I saw the beautiful body that looked
as if Eros had made it from his consumate experience --
joyfully modeling its symmetrical limbs;
heightening sculpturally its stature;
modeling the face with emotion
and imparting by the touch of his hands
a feeling on the brow, on the eyes, on the lips.
-- Robert Kilgore.

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