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Whether upon the earth 1 cannot telli " Or in a higher or a loWer sphere, A horror of great darkness there befeli, But where, no mortal —an can gness anear Kor place be found by anjr ghostly seer, It may be in the eons long agome Light might hare been, but daylight now was nottt. '' Or it may well have been within some world Where darkness nevet yet has ceased to reigtt Nor the wing brooding o'er the deep bcefl furled To loose the laughing sunlight all amain J Or in some star to chaos given again ; Or orb where disembodied spirtts dwellr- And that there be such many sagas tell* Youth bloometh quick, but dies ere buds expand, Age liveth slow yet comes ^ dUst again* * While all the time death's ilot unkindly hand Is nerer tired of gathering in the grain, And when the lovreened spirit 'scapes life's pain Before some high Court Is its plea appealed, Its cause is judged of and its fate is sealed< Tbefcfore beneath this horror of the dark Were ahrouded mysteries, close-folded aye, Within an orb of Which the outer arc Bounded by space and suns whereof no ray Could penetrate the mirk wherein there lay The Court of Souls, the dread Judiciary Oi great Oslvis, Lord of ilearen ! He J O'er that dread judgment place there hung a pall, Opaque, tenebrous, sullen, dire and dense, Egyptian darkness seeming like a wall Of velvet black throdg^h which no eyeball's lens Could look and live, but blackness more intense Than depths of subterranean caverns bear, So untransparent was the motionless air. A point of light oped in the solid dark, A vivid pencil of bright blood-red hue, Whfch slow and sflent from the central spark - In vast concentric rings expanding grew And through the orb a sanguhie self-light threw Mor6 awful than e'er sung by poet's lyre, A circular background of red, ravless fire* In centre of this ttA at^ plowing sphirre Alhin and shifting srnok, mist appeared Which, denser growing, cast a murky smerar v« ^B « .1 d» ^1 I ^1 .^A ..«.! m^^ mi.m^r,^ upon XZiC !*CUy lilStS SSZCS^^v^ KUVtll. a2?*>.l srr:trr--T The central point, till in some manner weird The mist had taken substance and had grown Into the semblance of an ebon throne. Tliis giant thfofie wite msssfve-fhimed and railed With seeming limbs of gnarled withered trf cs But which we/te writhing serpens, sabk scaled, That i,ievcr ceased to interfwist uid squeeze In the fair Nilc-lf.nd Wherein her name hi For all that other wo Her color was of pall Or as if paleybrcn^e With faintly ruddy oi Of her fine figure c^ Soft violet shadows 1 Her mldnight'dark o To her small feet and Her countenance hac That mark|cl the not The broad, low b.-ow l^nted, but where flc Strajfh^^^e, and in Her large. Black, sla And the old blood oi A small, red mouth. That lightly toughed Wearing a smile so s No man conld look < Had he in life bat se And there she Ite Of all the shapes of \ \ THE WAHeHfiXAKC A ••Thou, Cleop«tr», b WearerofEgypfsi The monarch's offic« Unto the subjects, a In pregnant myths t To watch and ward To the immortal Go ••Lord of the dead a The world hath bee My heart was full o And my wrapt sens At pleasant sounds The air Was blue, si The moon was slste ••The fountains In o Bpoke mystically p TTie blrd'901^8 'n>o Tlirortgh sigh of ♦^ Thecrofiplngof th« The blue of waters In the stretched ar "Were all a part ol I loved them — and Did think beniflcer Nor deenLthat joy II uiiiy oe li'iit-. i I did not m|ke ray These feclii^s that "Fair Queen of .m But is a charge of And when it loiter In ttie fair NUc-lf.nd of the flruit and coija# Wherein her name bad been a synonym For all that other women did bedim. Her color was of palUd , perfect gold , Or as if paleybrcnZe vrere Ugbtly washed With faintly raddy ore, and where the mould Of her fine figure c|kTred and brightly flashed Soft violet shadows hid as all abashed, Her midnlght'daric of tresses flowed adown To her small feet and clothed her tm^ikea gowil»- Hef countenance had all the beauty rare 'that markid the noble of iSgyptian race, !the broad, low b.-ow, the cheek beyond comparer l^nted, but where Ho wrinkle you could trace, atraj(h^it«8e, and in the cant|Ur of her face Her large, Black, slanting eyes with lustre glowed* And the old blood of Memnon-monarchs showed. A small, red mouth, with arched lips iirm and full That lightly tovtShed in form of archer's bow, Wearing a smile so sweet and beautiful No man could look on her but feel a glow, Had he in life but seen her eren so, And there she .ted, the one beauteous thing Of all the shapes of that appalling ring. [ THK WAtJlHfiNAH* APOlTHS, tfll! ACcCBBB, 8PBAK8 .' ••Thiru, Cleopatra, bom of Pharoh's line, Wearer of Egypt's double diadem, The monarch's office is to be a sign Unto the subjects, and to culture them In pregnant myths that grow flrom Seh his stem, To watch and ward and lead them, and to bow To the immortal Gods— what answerest thou?" CLSOPATRA. "Lord of the dead and quick! of heat en, O King! Tlie worW hath been so very fair to me, My heart was fUll of Joy that made it sing", And my wrapt senses thrilled so blissfully At pleasant sounds fa hear and sights to see* The air was blue, sun glorified the skies, ^ The moon was sister ami the star* were eyes. "The fountains in oas|s, where they sang, Bpoke mystically pkasant words to me, TTie bird-songs 'n»ong the tendrils m they rang Tliroitgh sigh of ♦^eds and murmUr .f the tree, The cros^plng of the If ile through lilied lea. The biiie of waters Where my galleys lay In the stretched arms of the Cauopian bay. "Were all a part of me— than diadem I loved them— and (although I could not know) Did think bcnlflceme had given ne them, Nor deenLthat joy could work us any woe. II uiiiy ijt! li'ue. i snow Tioi. lie k so, I did not mfke myself. Did I create These feelii^s that they should aAct my fate?" ACGVSEB. "Fair Queen of .leu, power bideth not in sloth, But is a charge of ever watchful care, And when it loiters as tlie sluggard doth, ^ •/ fK I 1^ / / / e With seeming limbs of guiirlcd vrltiicred trees But whi<;h were writhing serpens, sable settled^ That never ceiued to Intertwist and squeeze One on the other. Aft (raryatklrv Seven living sphinxes did the throne opbeur Aqdwith their long ejrm looked out from their Intr. • Soon other mists came sMmmertng oti the red In soft, thin viipors like the wnve of whigs Of wandering iiprites that rouDtl the centre sped. And drawing near the centre of the rings (irew dense, till th« unreal fllckeriugs 'Formed into corporal iigdres* towerhig tuD^ And stood embodied* forty 'two in alU The Asscsots those* One for each raortal An. An aw8o0e coutpany with heads of bcar.-i, Bulls, lions, rams, and apes with ghastly grin, 'Cats, crocodiles and TUltnre'Y>eakn. In pain They all were ranged beside the throuc on stairs. O'er each head swaled a feather, aud edged brands "tVere upright held in all their mummied hands. Higher than these the Genii of the dead, Pleaded as man, as jackal, hawk and ape, Hie four dread Masters who do cut the thread And let the sprite forth flee fh>m oat the shape -And mortal coil that lies with month igupe ; These four were there to witness what might be The fate uf the sad souls they bad sent free« And with them dog-faced Annbi?, the giudfii Who from the genii's libcratii^ hands Leads forth tlie souls '^gl satl^npon tbe tide Until it safely rea«rh the shadowy stftlRds, Freed fi'om the efSete l|f dy's swathing bands, Where timid for its doings, or elate, 'It waits to cross tbe lintel of the gate. '(Right of the throne stood Horus, also known As Har the Cliild, fair-haired and double -efowced, Witli falcon visage, around which was blown His sunny hair, by sunlight more embrowned. He 'twas that hi his veng^mce was renowned On Typhon, and sought out the scattered limbs Of his slain sire — as say Osirid bymns. First on the left the moon-god Thoth there stood With ibis face, and held the golden scale Wherein to weigh the evil and the good. And pen of recorfl to record the tale That measures out tho bonciit#and b^le, A crescent moon lit up his curling hair With rays like to an aureole of the air« iTie others ranged alike on either hand v— Shu the preventer, 3(ubt of the south, grim Bes Abherrrent l^gmy bated ht tbe land, Ba of the sunif^it Whom the people bkss, Priapian Khem, Khons with the single tress, Kheph with the scarabeus, mummy bound, And Atum lord of On the lotus-crowned. Apophis the watersnake who brings The accusation 'gainst the soul set free. The nine Teuutra gods, masters of things, Great Phtbak, beskles the Abstrac^t They who be Of Years, Age, Life and of Bteraity, Ah these and more were ranged in line of state And with an air expectant seemed to WRit. Thus all these lurid forms personified . . The qualities that judge the acctt<>ed sonl^ Each one to watch the faults the living hide Of all the two and forty sins of dole, Each sin full written on a penal scroll— O awful lessen this, that under sun - No eoul can 'scape tbe deeds in bodf done. "Fair Queer But Is a chxi And when it The governe Aud faiiuuit But in their In environs "Wliatwars What sands Boats swum, prn Papyri wrot< None said tti Men lived al Nor Against i "Accused { ( The ?ods ha I oft was pre Did i«!t the \ The wine lib Nor M. Uop Oftheklttgj "If that I sh Of fawns anc From blood Did I bilng 1 Fruits, flowe Gum and fra My sea'Sbipt "The temple And seulptui M^de alt%rs Of spikenard And placed i Af temple g< Of mystic ob "As woman Athor the lai Mistress oft Isia the mot] ¥«)I-bosoiaB» These I adoi For adoratk) ■•Wanton t o In ^by luxnf LemaD oi sei Thus bringii "How co«l(I If tliat my hi The blttme k The crowd c Nor dii the> Lay on the s Nor yet did Nor ftdvocat But the acci Calm, proud Then Thoth Where he hi And Annbis i ♦)f good deei And in the c n red ceiitA- sped, rings gs fug tal), II. mortal :»fn. b<'ar.-i, astly grin, In pitin* oue on Htairs, ti edged brands inied hands. lead* I ape, the thread t the shape ^sgape; lat might be ivt free* he gtudf# d» I tbe tide rands, ng bands, )o known wtblecnnmed, as blown nbrowned, renowned tered Ikabs 1 there Stood scale E^od, ! bftle, lair ur« nndi— h, grim Bes f bless, gle tress, bound, ened. i i"ee, liings, They who be » fne of state wait. d 1 sonlf rhig hide if dome. "Fair Queen o» men. power bideth not lu sloth, But i» a ch» These I adored by loving allCBings fair. For adoratkm it in praise, not prayer." ACCUSER. "Wanton t once of Two Egypt's crowned queen* In ^by laxitrions and voluptuous life I/emaD of sea^barbarians hast thou been, Utos bringing luxury on the land, and strife." CtBOPATBA. "How co«kt a Qnocn Egypt stoop to wife? If tiiat my hot blood surged as doth the sea The blame lay with tbe gods and not with me." The crowd of the spectator dead stayed still Nor dii tiiey, at demand and countermand. Lay on the soul at bar odght.charge of ill Nor yet did teil good deeds done in the land; Nor advocate did take the cause in hand, But the accused stood, no one by her side. Calm, proud, imperious, baught and monarch-eyed Then Thotfa the writer took his tablet up Where be bad writ the record clear and fair, And Anobis the weigher placrd the cup : ♦>f good deeds done| in one scale to compare. And in tlie other la^ 4lie brazen sj uuro ^/ e«c/' J{/CfLaAa4^/ \t /■ lliun all thcne lurfd fonnp peromiiftfrd ^ The qualities that judge tlie scctviril >>nul, Each one to watch the faults the Uttng hide Of all the two and forty sint of doIe« JSacb RIB ftaU written on a penal iiero))-> O awfdl lesMin thhif that under sub ~ No soul ran 'aeape tbe .e, wizard, peet. Not rshaefit this, not web of woof or di»— But as when human vision would devise The outline of the sun at noontide high, Yet sees but dancing prisms — so the eye JT That saw Osiris knew not if in size He wer^ a naked form, vast, undefined, Or a draped figure present to tbe miBd. And as ttds Presence sate upon the throne There slid om of the dark till dfmly seen '%^ A ghastly cosspasiy, stem as of stone. No man eo«^ inimli«r nor say who had been, Tbeir dry fonoB taron^b theftr rercmeats sbowhig fpreea Acd pbosplMreseeBt, a» is waves ok wave* These dead spectators came from ii But the ace Calm, prou Tlien Tliotl Where he 1 And Aaubi Of good de< And in the 'Gainst whi While unxi The beam') A flfeker tl Qniefclyat Till fell the Showing tl Then Apo( In eerie toi Soi&eleBS was she as when laid on her bier, Tbe perfect semblance now that she bad bome^ Tor Anubis the angel brought he| here To tlMW t^ body she ea earth bad worok / May morti When age Loudly, hi Reverbera Or, lowly. Or in tbe s Or in the s Tiie judge "Dai^htei Gay tlttng Too good i Too slight Bue transi And for 01 Wfcbpien In writbin Her self'k Shrivelled But l&em Her white AadcycB Yet with I Hietefro Though p Her new i As you hs Crested w So undula Meautimc Deadened Aadiutbi Swambol And the t Shrank tc AsdoBce Long een AndEgy The Rom Havem» ~Bueth«s DotbBitd Orl^tb« TTniniixn *aooo'T led ^ tttng bide e# I' iidf dove. Che eye E>« ?n anigh iiding by^ I, lonei rone. ' lesH, It fancy'* dreidn ™t oxprcss, >bairs glettiB wcmei uth's taU, firm Itne ivine. shape new mooM' wl lewuei" nrhite noonc^ mplo down B feathered crown) peet. detfee ! high, the eye^ ;e eflned, Buad. b« throite ily seen X. one, iio bad been, TeraBeBts sbmmtg I ov ware* 1 out their graref* [1 broke ultitude, light eTipke mood, •oke woHkli from the north be Accused stand X)ND. : the stem line im, Ir >f lixnbf il looked at him med to be Nur yi t ili'l tell good ilccds done iu the land; Nor adTocnte di one by her side, Calm, proud, imperious, haught and monarch-eyed Then Tiiotb the writer took his tablet up Wliete be bad writ the record cled mitigating acts are weighed,. While aiuioiH all looked as the balance phtyed. The beflao's Ylbratioii quivered to and fro, A flfeker thrnogh the golden balance run Qnkrfely a* flimt, then slowly gtowiitg slow Till fell the the hrnzen square wkh motion none> Showing the HI was more than good was done. Then Apophis the snake stood forth and cried In eerie tone, ''This woman's cause is tried." FYTTE THE THIRD. May mortal tongae describe the mtgnst sounds When a. god speaks and the empyrean fills Loudly, hi crafssom bloom. Too good art thou for bett, for heaven too late, Too slight for purgf>)g^ fires, too delicate, Due transmigrat>m> let thy soul enclasp And for o^is cyck'*' be a lanias asp." With pien^Bg shriek the sentewred soul fell i'^^^tt In writhing on thfj ebon paten floor. Her self'longbair that clothed her like a gown ghrivened to nothingness,— own form no more But l&enefl» of a spotted snake she bore, . Ber white oad earmise tfaits grew flecked with bar* And eyes shone o|t on her aad phosphor stars. Yet with ■grace of saotloB. AssbeqKrred Hie %afr of l>eattty to her progneM cbive Though prone, hi saltsnt spasnt* as behooved Her new form,, and a seiBtShiitiaBf gave As yo« hove seen an undidattng' wave Crested with %ht though hody aB a-green, So undohtted Egypt's hopkss qoeen. Meautime the antic pageanMt'f Uoodred glare Deadened as metal take* ftam the fire, Aad hi the places where the figuus were Swam b«t fehit films ; soon eveH^esceXEiri And the tenebrous rinf^ contracting fl^her Shrank to oae ylvid spot;; thes out the spark And oBce mote ieU the horror of the dark. / -; I thesMrk ^^— "'t%./ tn her bier, she bad bomey e| here lad wo«Bk / Long eentories h«ve tn^d since these accords And Egypt's fj*te hiM veered for good and itt, The RoBum, Moslem, French and British horde* Have made her weakcess subject to their will. But the sad seBteaeed Cleepatra stin Doth Bndiahite athwart the Iflied meads Or l^ the Kile's banks hisses 'mong the reed«. TTrnTOTamgnnn, P; E? I, ♦aOOO years. \.