Go for it is the only way to be accepted to the circle of c… - Zbigniew Herbert

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Go for it is the only way to be accepted to the circle of cold skulls
the circle of your forefathers: Gilgamesh Hector Roland
defenders of the kingdom of no frontiers and of the city of ashes Be faithful Go

Zbigniew Herbert

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Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, playwright and essayist.

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Alternative Names: Zbigniew Bolesław Ryszard Herbert

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And if the City falls and one survives
he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile
he shall be the City

Go where the others have gone, to the tenebrous limit
for the golden fleece of void, your ultimate prize
go upright among those who are on their knees
among those turning their backs on and those fallen to dust.

And do not forgive indeed it is beyond your power
to forgive in the name of those betrayed at dawn

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