But Wise Men Perceive Approaching Things Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AB C ADECF GDHIJ

Because gods perceive future things men what is happening nowA
but wise men perceive approaching thingsB
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Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana VIIIC
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Men know what is happening nowA
The gods know the things of the futureD
the full and sole possessors of all lightsE
Of the future things wise men perceiveC
approaching things Their hearingF
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is sometimes during serious studiesG
disturbed The mystical clamorD
of approaching events reaches themH
And they heed it with reverence While outsideI
on the street the peoples hear nothing at allJ

Constantine P. Cavafy



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