damian entwistleDec 3

Today's poem:

Thermopylae
- by CP Cavafy (translator - David Ferry)

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/801903744992346112/thermopylae?source=share

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💬 0  🔁 0  ❤️ 0 · Thermopylae · CP Cavafy (translator - David Ferry) Honour is due to those who are keeping watch, Sentinels guarding their own Thermopylae; Never distracted from what is right t…

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Andrew ShieldsNov 7, 2023

we speak but of the dead

Learning From History
David Ferry (1924-2023)

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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43392/learning-from-history

Learning from History by David Ferry | Poetry Foundation

They said, my saints, my slogan-sayers sang,

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