 | Mansoul or The Riddle of the World |  |
MANSOUL
Priest.
Mansoul.
Is such your wisdom?
Priest.
More than this is vain.
In Mizraims river-lands, thy People dwell,
Secure. O'er all, the Right and Just prevail.
The harvests óf their fields more plenteous are,
Than ever ere.
Secure. O'er all, the Right and Just prevail.
The harvests óf their fields more plenteous are,
Than ever ere.
But as for us, descended;
Yét living flesh, to Pit of Worlds Great Death:
We Seekers are; if so were, might we more
Souls understanding have, of long nightmare
Of doubt; which hitherto holds suspent mens hearts:
How erst was Aught; and óf the Divine Power.
Yét living flesh, to Pit of Worlds Great Death:
We Seekers are; if so were, might we more
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Of doubt; which hitherto holds suspent mens hearts:
How erst was Aught; and óf the Divine Power.
This we óf thee require; Pronounce to us,
Those words of Life, which entering once a year
With fasting lips, Ons adyt; Pharaohs Seer
Recited; touching Riddle of the Universe.
Those words of Life, which entering once a year
With fasting lips, Ons adyt; Pharaohs Seer
Recited; touching Riddle of the Universe.
Priest.
Unborn Eternity! Souls! in your fond quest;
Is oft-while Time grown old upon Worlds Earth:
But ye be alway children, which it seek.
Is oft-while Time grown old upon Worlds Earth:
But ye be alway children, which it seek.
Shall boast itself, the water of a croc;
Gainst mighty eternal Nilus, divine flood;
Which fills sea-Deep, and waters wide the Earth.
Twixt Man and heavenly knowledge, lies vast Gulf,
Mind cannot overferry: nór which pass,
May even the lesser Gods.
Gainst mighty eternal Nilus, divine flood;
Which fills sea-Deep, and waters wide the Earth.
Twixt Man and heavenly knowledge, lies vast Gulf,
Mind cannot overferry: nór which pass,
May even the lesser Gods.
Who walketh in Truth,
And giveth almes; for the only recompense
Which cometh of Heaven: hím will Osiris save;
When tó his Hall of Judgment, he arrives.
And giveth almes; for the only recompense
Which cometh of Heaven: hím will Osiris save;
When tó his Hall of Judgment, he arrives.
Mansoul.
Is such your wisdom?
Priest.
More than this is vain.
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