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THE ALEXANDRIAN VERSION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
Beside a little humble OratoryThere sat a noble lady all alone:
Over her knees a parchment lay, whereon
Her slender fingers traced our Gospel story.
Old Nile flowed noiseless by: through vapours dun
A low-hung moon let forth its last faint glory
On all the dark green flats, and temples hoary,
That grey and ghostly through the morning shone.
Thecla! Mankind will ne'er forget that zeal
Which, ere the night-bird stays her melody,
Raises thee daily to the Church's needs:
No doubts, no fears hast thou—thou dost not feel
The cold, damp winds of morning as they sigh,
Murmuring forlorn through leagues of murmuring reeds!
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