Every so often he vows to start a better life.
But when night comes with her own counsels,
with her compromises, and with her promises;
but when night comes with her own power
of the body that wants and demands, he returns,
forlorn, to the same fatal joy.
He Vows
Constantine P. Cavafy
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Poem topics: joy, life, power, start, body, night, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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