Priest At The Serapeum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHICAJB| My dear old father | A |
| who always loved me the same | B |
| my dear old father I lament | C |
| who died the day before yesterday just before dawn | D |
| - | |
| Jesus Christ it is my daily effort | E |
| to observe the precepts | F |
| of Thy most holy church in all my acts | G |
| in all words in all thoughts | H |
| And all those who renounce Thee | I |
| I shun But now I lament | C |
| I bewail Christ for my father | A |
| although he was a horrible thing to say | J |
| a priest at the accursed Serapeum | B |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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