I did not restrain myself. I let go entirely and went.
To the pleasures that were half real
and half wheeling in my brain,
I went into the lit night.
And I drank of potent wines, such as
the valiant of voluptuousness drink.

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Poet: Constantine P. Cavafy
Poem: I Went

Year: Published/Written in 1913
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