"What distillate can be discovered from herbs <br />of a witching brew," said an aesthete, <br />"what distillate prepared according <br />to the formulas of ancient Grecosyrian magi <br />which for a day (if no longer <br />its potency can last), or even for a short time <br />can bring my twenty three years to me <br />again; can bring my friend of twenty two <br />to me again -- his beauty, his love. <br /> <br />"What distillate prepared according <br />to the formulas of ancient Grecosyrian magi <br />which, in bringing back these things, <br />can also bring back our little room."<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/according-to-the-formulas-of-the-ancient-grecosy/
