galilae

Updated: May 22, 2025

Sir Edwin flashes his inspiration on another point. Critics are satisfied that the Emperor Julian, the last of the Pagans, did not cry, Vicisti Galilae! Mr. Swinburne, however, as a merely carnal poet, employed the legend in his splendid "Proserpina," using it with superb effect in the young Pagan's retort, "Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilean! thy dead shall go down to thee dead."

G. W. (George William) Foote - Flowers of Freethought: (Second Series)