Death of
章节目录
共 173 题- By DMITRI MÉREJKOWSKI
- By
- Dmitri Mérejkowski
- Translated by
- Herbert Trench
- Sometime Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
- Made in the United States of America
- The Knickerbocker Press, New York
- MÉREJKOWSKI
- HERBERT TRENCH.
- ST. PETERSBOURG, _24 JUIN_, 1901.
- DMITRI DE MÉREJKOWSKI.
- PART I
- Nogodarès approached the tribune--
- II
- III
- IV
- And she added, radiant with good humour--
- The voice of the Samian broke the enchantment--
- VI
- A consumptive old man, a very skilful cardsharper, replied--
- The consumptive old man went on in a whining tone--
- A leather dresser remarked--
- The currier, a philosophic tippler, sighed--
- Agamemnon interrupted them--
- Somebody cried out--
- When they arrived at the palace Cæsar ordered--
- VII
- Iamblicus answered by a smile--
- Julian murmured--
- VIII
- Hundreds of voices responded--
- An old Christian woman hobbled along, telling a story--
- And over the crowd swept the exultant shout--
- A voice advised--
- Iamblicus whispered into Julian's ear--
- IX
- With a bitter smile the sophist answered--
- The choir of temple slaves, hidden in obscurity, took up the burden--
- Maximus asked--"Do you wish to see the most famous of the Titans?"
- Someone cried to Julian from afar off--
- Maximus muttered at his ear--
- And Julian pronounced the words--
- And Julian answered--
- The Angel said--
- XI
- And, sweeping his hand significantly round his neck, he added--
- The eyes of Gallus became suddenly brilliant, and he exclaimed--
- Then he whispered into Julian's ear--
- And turning towards the legionaries he ordered--
- XII
- Publius continued in an undertone, as it were talking to himself--
- XIII
- Note how the 'g's' follow each other, and then farther on--
- XIV
- XV
- A certain pale thin monk seized Paphnutis by the surplice--
- The Emperor sprang to his feet--
- Others howled--
- Others screamed--
- Ephraim said to Pimenus--
- Ephraim was silent, and Pimenus murmured--
- XVI
- XVII
- They would ask him dubiously--
- And he would say--
- Juventinus rose, went to the door and asked, without opening it--
- The old man resumed--
- Her face changed; she drew her son yet closer, and said chokingly--
- Then the patrician relaxed her hold of Juventinus, and faltered--
- At last they heard the voice of Juventinus calling--
- XVIII
- Strombix was cursing his comrade--
- And pointing to his armour he would add--
- XIX
- But Myrrha used to say caressingly--
- Myrrha, not listening, went on--
- Myrrha pointed to them--
- Myrrha shook her head--
- She drew a deep sigh and added--
- Myrrha's eyes grew animated and joyous; she faltered--
- XX
- She answered in a low voice--
- Helena resumed, in a yet lower voice, and more severely--
- XXI
- Others stretched out their hands, groaning--
- Strombix proposed--
- XXII
- Eusebius approached him, with the humblest of bows--
- But Constantius, wagging his head without listening, muttered--
- He cast a dull look on the courtiers present and said--
- XXIII
- Julian sighed--
- But the catechumen flung the coronal upon the ground with a cry--
- But the more distant ranks, who had not heard Julian's words, cried--
- PART II
- Then he whispered in Krokala's ear: "This evening?"
- He kissed two of his fingers, adding: "Something perfectly dazzling!"
- Gnyphon made a despairing gesture: "Hush--hush!"
- To change the subject he said: "Do you know where I'm going?"
- II
- A rope-dancer said to his neighbour--
- Then in a lower tone he added, hanging his head--
- III
- The ancient words of the prophet Daniel took on an unwonted meaning--
- IV
- Julius Mauricus twitched Hekobolis by the sleeve--
- Julian interrupted--
- One of the rhetoricians muttered--
- VI
- And he finished his harangue by the following unexpected words--
- He called out--
- And enjoying their silence he added after a pause--
- VII
- VIII
- He came near her--
- She shook her head, with a sad smile--
- She fixed on him eyes full of anger--
- She stretched her joined hands heavenward, with a suppliant gesture--
- IX
- At that moment, cries arose from the crowd of sick persons--
- All the halt and maimed were shouting--
- Overcome with satisfaction he muttered under his breath--
- XI
- Everybody wheeled round, and in alarm shouted--
- Oribazius mused--
- And Pamva in bonds, lifted by sinewy arms, retorted with joy--
- XII
- Julian thought--
- Gorgius rubbed the back of his neck, grinning--
- Gorgius smote his head and said--
- The old man sighed, and hanging his head--
- The Emperor smiled--
- Gorgius hung his head lower yet--
- The priest shook his bald head--
- At the sight of the monks Hepherion fled. Julian said--
- The arch-priest coughed, and finally said in a humble tone--
- Then the Emperor said to Priscus the philosopher--
- The Emperor, without listening, turned toward the startled crowd--
- The old people stretched their arms after him, sobbing--
- Mauricus began to reckon--
- XIII
- Aragaris, pointing to the darkness, muttered--
- Libanius knelt, still retaining his arrogant air--
- The priest fixed a suppliant look on the Emperor--
- Julian grew pale at the audacity of joy resounding in the last line--
- The Emperor leapt upon his horse, drew his sword, and shouted--
- Suddenly he fancied he heard a voice saying--
- XIV
- XV
- Julian's eyes kindled and he raised his arms to the sky. He cried--
- XVI
- And returning to his tent, he halted and raised his eyes--
- The Emperor rushed to the river-bank to find Victor--
- The cowardly were weeping--
- XVII
- She shook her head, and said sadly--
- Arsinoë gazed at him in fear and despair, as at one insane--
- She fell on her knees before him--
- XVIII
- XIX
- Then, regaining his faculties, he asked of Oribazius--
- And he added dreamily--
- His ideas anew became confused, and his gaze resumed its fixity--
- Then Sallustius Secundus went up to Julian and kissing his hand said--
- XX
- Julius Mauricus, another friend of Anatolius, accosted Avinius--
- Theodorite continued--
- Anatolius, with a bitter smile, raised his arms skyward, crying--
- XXI
- Slowly and with effort, she raised her eyes to his; and he mused--
- THE END
- End of Project Gutenberg's The Death of the Gods, by Dmitri Mérejkowski