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Two Hebrews, journeying from On to Goshen,
Told us they had passed the temple of the
Sun But dared not enter, only they had heard
That it was a great day in On ; that thou hadst
Forsworn thy kindred, tribe and race; hadst bowed
Thy knee to Egypt's vain and heathen worship;
Hadst denied the God of Abraham, of Isaac,
And of Jacob, and from henceforth wouldst
Be engrafted in Pharaoh's regal line,
And he called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.
When thy father Amram heard the cruel news
He bowed his head upon his staff and wept.
But I had stronger faith than that. By faith
I hid thee when the bloody hands of Pharaoh
Were searching 'mid our quivering heart strings,
Dooming our sons to death ; by faith I wove
The rushes of thine ark and laid thee 'mid
The flags and lilies of the Nile, and saw
The answer to that faith when Pharaoh's daughter
Placed thee in my arms, and bade me nurse the
child
For her; and by that faith sustained, I heard
As idle words the cruel news that stabbed
Thy father like a sword."
"The Hebrews did not hear aright ; last week
There was a great day in On, from Esoan's gate
Unto the mighty, sea ; the princes, lords
And chamberlains of Egypt were assembled ;
The temple of the sun was opened. Isis
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