Priest At The Serapeum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHICAJB

My dear old fatherA
who always loved me the sameB
my dear old father I lamentC
who died the day before yesterday just before dawnD
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Jesus Christ it is my daily effortE
to observe the preceptsF
of Thy most holy church in all my actsG
in all words in all thoughtsH
And all those who renounce TheeI
I shun But now I lamentC
I bewail Christ for my fatherA
although he was a horrible thing to sayJ
a priest at the accursed SerapeumB

Constantine P. Cavafy



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