C. P. Cavafy:
"...
But the ancient mirror, which had seen and seen again,
throughout its lifetime of so many years,
thousands of objects and faces—
but the ancient mirror now became elated,
inflated with pride, because it had received upon itself
perfect beauty, for a few minutes."
(The Mirrot in the Entrance, 1930)
"Cleopatra and Antony", from Genevieve Foster's "Augustus Caesar's World", 1947