 | Israel in Egypt |  |
But hunger now was on him; and he called,
Commanding food and wine: then, when sufficed,
Touching his daughters questioned, and his queen,—
How they all day had fared: yet, when he heard,
That to his presence they desired to come,—
Shame bowing him, before their eyes, as yet,
Dared he not stand. “Say to my gracious queen,
That, care-distracted, Pharaoh keeps alone,
Till hour of sleep: and to my daughters say,
‘Until the morrow wait; your father then,
Sorrow o'erpast, will gladden in your sight.’”
Commanding food and wine: then, when sufficed,
Touching his daughters questioned, and his queen,—
How they all day had fared: yet, when he heard,
That to his presence they desired to come,—
Shame bowing him, before their eyes, as yet,
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That, care-distracted, Pharaoh keeps alone,
Till hour of sleep: and to my daughters say,
‘Until the morrow wait; your father then,
Sorrow o'erpast, will gladden in your sight.’”
| Israel in Egypt | |