Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-24
CLEOPATRA. 4 !.
Being an Account Of t.ac Fall and Tengcarce of Hari1ac.ti2, tEc
 Royal EcT:ti>2,
AS SIT FORTH BY HIS QUI HAND
By II. RIDER IIAGGAED,

"Of these matters shalt thou hear more hereafter. Meanwhile lEou hast much to learn. Tomorrow will l give thee letters, and thou shalt pass down .I!G Nile, even past wh.to-walied Memphis to On (IIelopolis), and there shalt thou sojourn certain years and learn more of our ancient wisdom beneath tho shadow of that sacred pyramid of which thou, too, art the Hereditary High Priest that is to be. And meanwhile will IS.t here and watch, for my hour is not yet, and, by the help of the gods, spin the web wherein thou shalt hold the wasp of Macedonia.
 "Co:ne hithcr, my son; come hither and kiss mo on tue Ly0W, for thou art all my hope, and all the nope of. Egypt. Be but true, rise 10 inc gjddy height of thy dcs- hny, and thou shalt 5e glorious here and hereafter; be false, fail. and I will spit upon thee, aud thou shalt be accurscd, and thy soul shall remain in bondage til that hour when. in tie slow flight of time, the evil shall once more grow to good and Egypt shall again be frc1.'
 drew ucar trembling 2, and kissed him on the brow. May al thosc things como upon me, and more" l said, If l fail thee, 0 my fathcgt'
 Nay" Lo cried mot me; but rather those whose will l do. And now so, my son, and ponder il thy heart, 2ndin thy secret heart digC55 my words; and mark what thou shalt sca. and gather Up the dew of wisdom, and make thcc ready for the battle. Fear not for myself; thou aGU protected from all ill Z D .~--r. may touch tAoc from without: thyselC t.lo..e can 6e thine own en- r- :. l have said."
 Then ! went forth with a fU.l heart. The night was very still, and there was none stirring in the temple courts. 1 hurried through them, and reached the cutr@arc to the pyIOn that is at the outer %a,@. And then, seeking solitude. 2ud a5 # were, to draw nigh 10 Heaven, ! climbed the pYlor'S two hundred steps, until at l2A@thi reached the massive roof Hero l leaned my brea5t against the p2r2pe and looked forth And as 1 looked the red edge of tho full moon f0ated up over tlsc Arabian l.ilis, and her rays fell upon $h2 pylon where ] slcod and the temple walls beyond, and lit up tho yisagcs of the carVcn @ods. Then the cod light struck the u-iG 2 stretch of }vclltilICd land, now whitening t9 the harvest, and &s the heavenly lamp oI Isis (--a nl-ouD las 1d up the sky, slowly u.J her r.g& creep down the valley, where SlhoH, father ot lAc land Of hhcln, rolls oil toward tho sy&.
 And now the b!@rhg beams kissed the water, that smiled an auaWC" h1gL. and now mountain and valley, rlT>r, temple, town and plain were flooded with Wh.to light for Mother Isis was arisen, and threw her olcamiuE ro1c across I4e dark bosom of tue earth. Bcautital i: vas, with the beauty of a perfect dream, and solemn as the hour after death. IlirH.!lr, indeed, the temples tOWlrel IF a.-..i..st tGe race of night. Never had ta(y cnCt =o grand b me as upon that Hi iE,.t, llgae aut:ens shrines, before whose eternal walls lime 1 himself shall Wjtl2r. AN,t mine IL T&5 lo | be to rule this mooajjt land: mine 10 pre- | serve those sacred shriucs and cherish the honor of their gods; mine 10 cast out the Ptolemy and free Egypt from the forc.En yoke! In my ycia1 ran the blood Ct those great Kings who, sleeping in tho tou20s of tho valley of Iapi jFAGoCsl, await the day of resurrection. Ny spirit sWCi.ed within me as l dreamed upon this glorious destiny. l closed my hands, end there, upon tEc i pylon, prayed as l had never prayed be- fore to the GO5head, who is called by many | names and in many forms made manifest.
 70 Amen" prayed, God Of gods, Who hast been from the beginning; Lord of Truth, who art. and of whom all arc, who | givcst out thy GoUleau and gatIcrcst it up | again, in the circle cf whom the divine ones
 move and are, who was from all time the l Self-bcg0t, and who shalt bc tiT alt time i he2rEeI unto ne.
 70 Amen-Os..,is, t1c sacrifice Jy whom
 we arc justified, Lord ol the Region of the | Winds, the Ruler Of the Ages, the DWellcr
 in the West, the Supreme in Amonti 1 hearEcn unto nc
 70 Isis, Great Mother Goddess, Mother oi
 the uoGEn-!uEstorio Mother, Sister, | Spouse, hearbcn unto me. If indeed b2
 the chosen of gods to carry out the purpose
 of the gods, let a sign bc given unto me,