Wedding of the Sisters
Isis, with Horus on knee, in her horns the disc of the full-moon.
Warden's place by the statue that night was assigned to Ahanna.
Stiffly erect as the goddess; her chin, her cheek, and her forehead
Vividly lighted with red, but with heavy shadows extending
Over her eyes, she stood, her bare arms crossed on her bosom,
Close to the altar-fire with its wind-blown, flickering streamers.
Roused by a squeaking bat, that flew with wings nearly singeing
Back and forth by the flame, she looked about and beheld then—
Far through the lotos-columns, which all from bottom to top were
Stained blue and red with symbolical pictures of mythic tradition—
Deep in the darkness, a man in flowing raiment of scarlet.
Pallid with consternation, she sprang back and held o'er the fire
Hands outstretched in imploring as unto a spectre. The Red One,
Carelessly humming, advanced to the light none the less, and forthwith she
Stiffly erect as the goddess; her chin, her cheek, and her forehead
Vividly lighted with red, but with heavy shadows extending
Over her eyes, she stood, her bare arms crossed on her bosom,
Close to the altar-fire with its wind-blown, flickering streamers.
Roused by a squeaking bat, that flew with wings nearly singeing
Back and forth by the flame, she looked about and beheld then—
Far through the lotos-columns, which all from bottom to top were
Stained blue and red with symbolical pictures of mythic tradition—
Deep in the darkness, a man in flowing raiment of scarlet.
Pallid with consternation, she sprang back and held o'er the fire
Hands outstretched in imploring as unto a spectre. The Red One,
Carelessly humming, advanced to the light none the less, and forthwith she
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