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The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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I will bring fire to thee	A
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Euripides 'Androm'	B
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'Eiros'	C
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Why do you call me Eiros	C
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'Charmion'	D
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So henceforward will you always be called You must forget	E
too my earthly name and speak to me as Charmion	D
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'Eiros'	C
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This is indeed no dream	B
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'Charmion'	D
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Dreams are with us no more but of these mysteries	C
anon I rejoice to see you looking life like and rational	F
The film of the shadow has already passed from off your	G
eyes Be of heart and fear nothing Your allotted days of	H
stupor have expired and to morrow I will myself induct you	I
into the full joys and wonders of your novel existence	C
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'Eiros'	C
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True I feel no stupor none at all The wild	J
sickness and the terrible darkness have left me and I hear	K
no longer that mad rushing horrible sound like the voice	C
of many waters Yet my senses are bewildered Charmion	D
with the keenness of their perception of the new	I
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'Charmion'	I
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A few days will remove all this but I fully	A
understand you and feel for you It is now ten earthly	A
years since I underwent what you undergo yet the	L
remembrance of it hangs by me still You have now suffered	M
all of pain however which you will suffer in Aidenn	I
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'Eiros'	C
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In Aidenn	I
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'Charmion'	I
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In Aidenn	I
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'Eiros'	C
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O God pity me Charmion I am overburthened	M
with the majesty of all things of the unknown now	I
known of the speculative Future merged in the august	M
and certain Present	M
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'Charmion'	I
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Grapple not now with such thoughts To morrow we will speak	N
of this Your mind wavers and its agitation will find	M
relief in the exercise of simple memories Look not around	M
nor forward but back I am burning with anxiety to	M
hear the details of that stupendous event which threw you	M
among us Tell me of it Let us converse of familiar things	C
in the old familiar language of the world which has so	C
fearfully perished	M
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'Eiros'	C
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Most fearfully fearfully this is indeed no dream	B
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'Charmion'	I
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Dreams are no more Was I much mourned my Eiros	C
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'Eiros'	C
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Mourned Charmion oh deeply To that last hour of	H
all there hung a cloud of intense gloom and devout sorrow	C
over your household	M
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'Charmion'	I
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And that last hour speak of it Remember that beyond	M
the naked fact of the catastrophe itself I know nothing	O
When coming out from among mankind I passed into Night	M
through the Grave at that period if I remember	P
aright the calamity which overwhelmed you was utterly	A
unanticipated But indeed I knew little of the speculative	Q
philosophy of the day	M
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'Eiros'	C
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The individual calamity was as you say entirely	A
unanticipated but analogous misfortunes had been long a	L
subject of discussion with astronomers I need scarce tell	R
you my friend that even when you left us men had agreed	M
to understand those passages in the most holy writings which	S
speak of the final destruction of all things by fire as	C
having reference to the orb of the earth alone But in	I
regard to the immediate agency of the ruin speculation had	M
been at fault from that epoch in astronomical knowledge in	I
which the comets were divested of the terrors of flame The	L
very moderate density of these bodies had been well	R
established They had been observed to pass among the	L
satellites of Jupiter without bringing about any sensible	F
alteration either in the masses or in the orbits of these	C
secondary planets We had long regarded the wanderers as	C
vapory creations of inconceivable tenuity and as altogether	P
incapable of doing injury to our substantial globe even in	I
the event of contact But contact was not in any degree	A
dreaded for the elements of all the comets were accurately	A
known That among them we should look for the agency	A
of the threatened fiery destruction had been for many years	C
considered an inadmissible idea But wonders and wild	M
fancies had been of late days strangely rife among mankind	M
and although it was only with a few of the ignorant that	M
actual apprehension prevailed upon the announcement by	T
astronomers of a new comet yet this announcement was	C
generally received with I know not what of agitation and	M
mistrust	M
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The elements of the strange orb were immediately calculated	M
and it was at once conceded by all observers that its path	U
at perihelion would bring it into very close proximity with	V
the earth There were two or three astronomers of secondary	A
note who resolutely maintained that a contact was	C
inevitable I cannot very well express to you the effect of	H
this intelligence upon the people For a few short days they	M
would not believe an assertion which their intellect so	C
long employed among worldly considerations could not in any	A
manner grasp But the truth of a vitally important fact soon	I
makes its way into the understanding of even the most	M
stolid Finally all men saw that astronomical knowledge	W
lies not and they awaited the comet Its approach was not	M
at first seemingly rapid nor was its appearance of very	A
unusual character It was of a dull red and had little	F
perceptible train For seven or eight days we saw no	C
material increase in its apparent diameter and but a	L
partial alteration in its color Meantime the ordinary	A
affairs of men were discarded and all interest absorbed in	I
a growing discussion instituted by the philosophic in	I
respect to the cometary nature Even the grossly ignorant	M
aroused their sluggish capacities to such considerations	C
The learned now gave their intellect their	X
soul to no such points as the allaying of fear or to	M
the sustenance of loved theory They sought they	M
panted for right views They groaned for perfected	M
knowledge Truth arose in the purity of her strength	Y
and exceeding majesty and the wise bowed down and adored	M
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That material injury to our globe or to its inhabitants	C
would result from the apprehended contact was an opinion	I
which hourly lost ground among the wise and the wise were	P
now freely permitted to rule the reason and the fancy of the	L
crowd It was demonstrated that the density of the comet's	C
nucleus was far less than that of our rarest gas and	M
the harmless passage of a similar visitor among the	L
satellites of Jupiter was a point strongly insisted upon	I
and which served greatly to allay terror Theologists with	V
an earnestness fear enkindled dwelt upon the biblical	F
prophecies and expounded them to the people with a	L
directness and simplicity of which no previous instance had	M
been known That the final destruction of the earth must be	A
brought about by the agency of fire was urged with a spirit	M
that enforced everywhere conviction and that the comets	C
were of no fiery nature as all men now knew was a truth	Z
which relieved all in a great measure from the	L
apprehension of the great calamity foretold It is	C
noticeable that the popular prejudices and vulgar errors in	I
regard to pestilences and wars errors which were wont	M
to prevail upon every appearance of a comet were now	I
altogether unknown as if by some sudden convulsive exertion	I
reason had at once hurled superstition from her throne The	L
feeblest intellect had derived vigor from excessive	Q
interest	M
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What minor evils might arise from the contact were points of	H
elaborate question The learned spoke of slight geological	F
disturbances of probable alterations in climate and	M
consequently in vegetation of possible magnetic and	M
electric influences Many held that no visible or	G
perceptible effect would in any manner be produced While	A2
such discussions were going on their subject gradually	A
approached growing larger in apparent diameter and of a	L
more brilliant lustre Mankind grew paler as it came All	B2
human operations were suspended	M
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There was an epoch in the course of the general sentiment	M
when the comet had attained at length a size surpassing	O
that of any previously recorded visitation The people now	I
dismissing any lingering hope that the astronomers were	P
wrong experienced all the certainty of evil The chimerical	F
aspect of their terror was gone The hearts of the stoutest	M
of our race beat violently within their bosoms A very few	M
days suffered however to merge even such feelings in	I
sentiments more unendurable We could no longer apply to the	L
strange orb any accustomed thoughts Its	C
historical attributes had disappeared It oppressed us	C
with a hideous novelty of emotion We saw it not as	C
an astronomical phenomenon in the heavens but as an incubus	C
upon our hearts and a shadow upon our brains It had taken	I
with unconceivable rapidity the character of a gigantic	C2
mantle of rare flame extending from horizon to horizon	I
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Yet a day and men breathed with greater freedom It was	C
clear that we were already within the influence of the	L
comet yet we lived We even felt an unusual elasticity of	H
frame and vivacity of mind The exceeding tenuity of the	L
object of our dread was apparent for all heavenly objects	C
were plainly visible through it Meantime our vegetation	I
had perceptibly altered and we gained faith from this	C
predicted circumstance in the foresight of the wise A wild	M
luxuriance of foliage utterly unknown before burst out	M
upon every vegetable thing	O
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Yet another day and the evil was not altogether upon	I
us It was now evident that its nucleus would first reach	D2
us A wild change had come over all men and the first sense	C
of pain was the wild signal for general lamentation	I
and horror The first sense of pain lay in a rigorous	C
construction of the breast and lungs and an insufferable	F
dryness of the skin It could not be denied that our	P
atmosphere was radically affected the conformation of this	C
atmosphere and the possible modifications to which it might	M
be subjected were now the topics of discussion The result	M
of investigation sent an electric thrill of the intensest	M
terror through the universal heart of man	I
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It had been long known that the air which encircled us was a	L
compound of oxygen and nitrogen gases in the proportion of	H
twenty one measures of oxygen and seventy nine of nitrogen	I
in every one hundred of the atmosphere Oxygen which was	C
the principle of combustion and the vehicle of heat was	C
absolutely necessary to the support of animal life and was	C
the most powerful and energetic agent in nature Nitrogen	I
on the contrary was incapable of supporting either animal	F
life or flame An unnatural excess of oxygen would result	M
it had been ascertained in just such an elevation of the	L
animal spirits as we had latterly experienced It was the	L
pursuit the extension of the idea which had engendered	M
awe What would be the result of a total extraction of	H
the nitrogen A combustion irresistible all devouring	O
omni prevalent immediate the entire fulfilment in	I
all their minute and terrible details of the fiery and	M
horror inspiring denunciations of the prophecies of the Holy	A
Book	E2
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Why need I paint Charmion the now disenchained frenzy of	H
mankind That tenuity in the comet which had previously	A
inspired us with hope was now the source of the bitterness	C
of despair In its impalpable gaseous character we clearly	A
perceived the consummation of Fate Meantime a day again	I
passed bearing away with it the last shadow of Hope	F2
We gasped in the rapid modification of the air The red	M
blood bounded tumultuously through its strict channels A	L
furious delirium possessed all men and with arms rigidly	A
outstretched towards the threatening heavens they trembled	M
and shrieked aloud But the nucleus of the destroyer was now	I
upon us even here in Aidenn I shudder while I speak	N
Let me be brief brief as the ruin that overwhelmed	M
For a moment there was a wild lurid light alone visiting	O
and penetrating all things Then let us bow down	I
Charmion before the excessive majesty of the great	M
God then there came a shouting and pervading sound	M
as if from the mouth itself of HIM while the whole	G2
incumbent mass of ether in which we existed burst at once	C
into a species of intense flame for whose surpassing	O
brilliancy and all fervid heat even the angels in the high	T
Heaven of pure knowledge have no name Thus ended all	B2