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Ithaka

C.P. Cavafy

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1911
Originally in
Originally in Greek
Pages
Pages 1

A traveller is told to wish the road home long, to load up on knowledge and pleasures along the way, and to arrive old and rich knowing the island itself was never the point.

When you set out for Ithaka, wish yourself a long road, full of adventure, full of learning.
Ithaka, C.P. Cavafy

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