Julian At The Mysteries Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOLPQRS TUVKUWXOLYC| But when he found himself in darkness | A |
| in the earth's awful depths | B |
| with a group of unholy Greeks | C |
| and bodiless figures appeared before him | D |
| with haloes of light | E |
| the young Julian for a moment lost his nerve | F |
| an impulse from his pious years came back | G |
| and he crossed himself | H |
| The Figures vanished at once | I |
| the haloes faded away the lights went out | J |
| The Greeks glanced at each other | K |
| The young man said 'Did you see the miracle | L |
| I'm frightened friends I want to leave | M |
| Didn't you see how the demons vanished | N |
| the second they saw me make the holy sign of the cross ' | O |
| The Greeks chuckled scornfully | L |
| 'Shame on you shame to talk that way | P |
| to us sophists and philosophers | Q |
| If you want to say things like that | R |
| say them to the Bishop of Nicomedia and his priests | S |
| The greatest gods of our glorious Greece | T |
| appeared before you | U |
| And if they left don't think for a minute | V |
| that they were frightened by a gesture | K |
| It was just that when they saw you | U |
| making that vile that crude sign | W |
| their noble nature was disgusted | X |
| and they left you in contempt ' | O |
| This is what they said to him and the fool | L |
| recovered from his holy blessed fear | Y |
| convinced by the unholy words of the Greeks | C |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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