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POTIPHAR'S WIFE
(After the versions of the Koran, and the Persian poet Jâmi.)
I.
In Memphis, underneath the palms of Nile,
The Lady Asenath a house did build
For love of Hebrew Yûsuf; who, erewhile
With flame unquenchable her breast had filled:
The treasures of Prince Itfîr 'stablished it
A summer-palace for her fancies fit.
In Memphis, underneath the palms of Nile,
The Lady Asenath a house did build
For love of Hebrew Yûsuf; who, erewhile
With flame unquenchable her breast had filled:
The treasures of Prince Itfîr 'stablished it
A summer-palace for her fancies fit.
II.
White, in the blue Egyptian sky, it soared
With mighty graven stones reared outwardly;
This side the gate—enthroned—sate Horus, Lord,
Finger to lip; and, on that other, Thmei,
Mother of Truth, holding her asp and wand,
Glared with great granite face across the land.
White, in the blue Egyptian sky, it soared
With mighty graven stones reared outwardly;
This side the gate—enthroned—sate Horus, Lord,
Finger to lip; and, on that other, Thmei,
Mother of Truth, holding her asp and wand,
Glared with great granite face across the land.
