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 now | A |
| but wise men perceive approaching things | B |
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| Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana VIII | C |
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| Men know what is happening now | A |
| The gods know the things of the future | D |
| the full and sole possessors of all lights | E |
| Of the future things wise men perceive | C |
| approaching things Their hearing | F |
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| is sometimes during serious studies | G |
| disturbed The mystical clamor | D |
| of approaching events reaches them | H |
| And they heed it with reverence While outside | I |
| on the street the peoples hear nothing at all | J |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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