Days of '41 - George Seferis

November 19 2021 · poems george-seferis hellenic

George Seferis. 1941.
After the Germans had taken Crete

The new moon came out over Alexandria
with the old moon in her arms
while we were walking towards the Gate of the Sun
in the heart’s darkness - three friends.

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Link to this section Dockerfile

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