Juliusz Slowacki

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Anhelli - Chapter 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FG HI JK LMNB IOP LIJ QRSR GT FUI VAN FGP FW XY F WZA2 B2 C2 D2 E2Y F2ANG

And lo once on a time at night the Shaman waked AnhelliA
saying to him 'Sleep not but come with meB
for there are mighty matters in the wilderness 'C
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Having put on a white garment thereforeD
Anhelli followed the old man and they walked by the light of the starsE
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And when they had gone a little way they beheld a camp all of little childrenF
and striplings who had been driven to Siberia and they were resting by a fireG
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And in the centre of the throng on a Tatar horse sat a Russian priestH
who had at his saddle two baskets of breadI
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And he began to instruct those children according to the new Russian faithJ
and accord ing to the new catechismK
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And he questioned the children on unworthy mattersL
and the striplings answered him striving to pleaseM
for he had at his saddle baskets of bread and could feed themN
and they were hungryB
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Then turning to Anhelli the Shaman saidI
'Tell me hath not this priest gone beyond bounds in sowing evil seedO
and in staining the purity of soul in these little onesP
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'Lo already they have forgotten to weep for their mothersL
and here they fawn upon him for the sake of breadI
like young whelps they bark out evil things and those that are contrary to the faithJ
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Saying that the tsar is the head of the faith and that in him is GodQ
and that he can counsel nothing contrary to the Holy SpiritR
even when he commandeth things which are like crimesS
for in him is the Holy SpiritR
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'Therefore will I use against this priest fireG
from heaven to burn him upT
and I will destroy him before the eyes of the children '-
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As soon as the Shaman had pronounced the word of his maledictionF
that priest caught fire upon his horse and from his breast came flamesU
which joined together in the air above his headI
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And the affrighted horse began to bear him away over the plain ablazeV
and then shuddering flung from him the ashes of the rider seated on the saddleA
to the last one of themN
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And lo over the charred body of the manF
ran sparks like those sparkles on a burnt paperG
that wind and wander in various directionsP
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Then approaching the Shaman said to the childrenF
'Be not afraid God is with youW
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'The fire terrified you like sleeping dovesX
for ye had fallen asleep in a house that was burningY
and your bodies had already withered '-
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And those children stretched out their little hands to the old manF
crying 'Father take us with thee '-
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And the Shaman said 'Whither shall I lead youW
Lo I go the road of deathZ
do ye desire that I take you and hide you under my coatA2
and scatter you from my skirt before the Lord God '-
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The children answered himB2
'Take us and lead us by the broad highways to our mothers '-
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And all began to cry out with great prideC2
'We are Poles lead us away to our fatherland and to our mothers '-
until the Shaman began to weep as he smiledD2
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And he could not depart for one little babe had fallen asleep on his cloakE2
even on the skirt of his cloak while he was speakingY
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And the Cossacks who had drawn near gazed in amazement at what had happenedF2
and they began to drive the children away from the stranger peopleA
not daring nevertheless to beat any one of themN
remembering that fireG

Juliusz Slowacki



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