Wedding of the Sisters
Bent-Amenemma, famed for supernatural wisdom,
Spoke, after blowing asunder the heap of blackening embers:
"Sisters, that was a sign to spare the young girls. Let us hasten
Even to-night unto Thebes to the priests of Hator for counsel!"
Spoke, after blowing asunder the heap of blackening embers:
"Sisters, that was a sign to spare the young girls. Let us hasten
Even to-night unto Thebes to the priests of Hator for counsel!"
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When with the sisters she neared the house of the famed and audacious
Brothers of Hator, she heard a clamor of drinking within it.
Stretched supine on a couch lay the jesting high priest of the order.
Boys from Goshen were swinging on handles covered with silver
Elegant peacock fans that shone with the gleam of a hundred
Sapphires and emeralds. Then in time with the tinkle of cithers
All arose for the dance. The caps and cloaks of the dancers
Glittered with cloth of silver, with opals and gay-colored tassels.
Darkly Bent-Amenemma stood forth in the midst of the banquet's
Carelessly rippling commotion, and making her way to the high priest,
Brothers of Hator, she heard a clamor of drinking within it.
Stretched supine on a couch lay the jesting high priest of the order.
Boys from Goshen were swinging on handles covered with silver
Elegant peacock fans that shone with the gleam of a hundred
Sapphires and emeralds. Then in time with the tinkle of cithers
All arose for the dance. The caps and cloaks of the dancers
Glittered with cloth of silver, with opals and gay-colored tassels.
Darkly Bent-Amenemma stood forth in the midst of the banquet's
Carelessly rippling commotion, and making her way to the high priest,
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