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Foolhardy doings, full of risks.

The encomia for the ideals of the Greeks.

The white magic and the visits to the pagans’

temples. The raptures over the ancient gods.

The frequent conversations with Chrysanthius.

The theories of the (quite clever) philosopher Maximus.

And look at the result. It’s obvious that Gallus

is very anxious. Constantius is suspicious.

Ah, his advisors weren’t wary in the least.

This story’s gone too far, Mardonius says,

and it’s got to stop at once, all this furore.—

Julian is going back, a Lector once more,

to the church at Nicomedia,

where, loudly and with considerable

piety, he reads the holy Scriptures,

and at his Christian reverence the people wonder.

[1892?; 1924?; 1924]