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Two Hebrews, journeying from On to Goshen,Told us they had passed the temple of the SunBut dared not enter, only they had heardThat it was a great day in On; that thou hadstForsworn thy kindred, tribe and race; hadst bowedThy knee to Egypt's vain and heathen worship;Hadst denied the God of Abraham, of Isaac,And of Jacob, and from henceforth wouldstBe engrafted in Pharaoh's regal line,And be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.When thy father Amram heard the cruel newsHe bowed his head upon his staff and wept.But I had stronger faith than that. By faithI hid thee when the bloody hands of PharaohWere searching 'mid our quivering heart strings,Dooming our sons to death; by faith I woveThe rushes of thine ark and laid thee 'midThe flags and lilies of the Nile, and sawThe answer to that faith when Pharaoh's daughterPlaced thee in my arms, and bade me nurse the childFor her; and by that faith sustained, I heardAs idle words the cruel news that stabbedThy father like a sword.""The Hebrews did not hear aright; last weekThere was a great day in On, from Esoan's gateUnto the mighty sea; the princes, lordsAnd chamberlains of Egypt were assembled;The temple of the sun was opened. Isis
