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VISION OF THE EGYPTIAN PRIEST.
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"Is great Demiurgos then Ruler for nought?
Has Neith torn the veil from her virginal breast?
Is Osiris bound in the house of the West?"
Has Neith torn the veil from her virginal breast?
Is Osiris bound in the house of the West?"
The eye of the Vexer did lighten and gleam,
While, always, that smoke from the censer did stream;
And lo, on its front, flames of scarlet did write,
"Great Typhon is Ruler—the god of the night.
While, always, that smoke from the censer did stream;
And lo, on its front, flames of scarlet did write,
"Great Typhon is Ruler—the god of the night.
"And thou art his servant: forever to dwell
By Ameles, the fountain and river of hell.
The robe of thine office strip from thee in dread,
For Osiris enters the house of the dead."
By Ameles, the fountain and river of hell.
The robe of thine office strip from thee in dread,
For Osiris enters the house of the dead."
"I pay thee no homage, thou priest of the cloud,
Though Isis go mourning, and Ammon be bowed:
Not Typhon is Ruler, while, daring his might,
One soul wears the robe of the priesthood of light."
Though Isis go mourning, and Ammon be bowed:
Not Typhon is Ruler, while, daring his might,
One soul wears the robe of the priesthood of light."
But symbols of fire ran anew on the scroll—
"Thou art sealed for the death: who shall rescue thy soul?
For the signs of the zodiac tremble and reel
At the power of the Vexer of Heaven, Adbeel."
"Thou art sealed for the death: who shall rescue thy soul?
For the signs of the zodiac tremble and reel
At the power of the Vexer of Heaven, Adbeel."
