Idylls and Lyrics of The Nile By H. D. Rawnsley |
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| XVI. | XVI BEFORE THE STATUE OF CHEPHREN |
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39
XVI BEFORE THE STATUE OF CHEPHREN
(GÎZEH MUSEUM)
How many months did, unrewarded, ring
The chisels on this adamantine stone,
Before the grey-green diorite would own
The right of man from out its heart to bring
Such royal form, the hawk with outstretched wing,
The rush and lily, linked upon the throne,
Before, between the lion-heads was known
The lord whom men saluted, god and king!
The chisels on this adamantine stone,
Before the grey-green diorite would own
The right of man from out its heart to bring
Such royal form, the hawk with outstretched wing,
The rush and lily, linked upon the throne,
Before, between the lion-heads was known
The lord whom men saluted, god and king!
There Chephren sits, and there shall sit for aye,
With wide contemptuous unregardful eyes
That saw the people's pain, and were unmoved;
That watched the great tomb-monument he loved
Grow like a mountain in the western skies,
But knew that Death could never end his day.
With wide contemptuous unregardful eyes
That saw the people's pain, and were unmoved;
That watched the great tomb-monument he loved
Grow like a mountain in the western skies,
But knew that Death could never end his day.
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