_i.e._ hieroglyphs), and despatched to the City of
Amen (_i.e._ Thebes), with their things. The matters are answered in
Thebes.... His heart is Understanding, his lips are Taste, his Ka is all
the things that are in his mouth. He entereth, the two caverns are
beneath his feet. The Nile appeareth from the hollow beneath his
sandals. His soul is Shu, his heart is Tefnut. He is Heru-Khuti in the
upper heaven. His right eye is day. His left eye is night. He is the
leader of faces on every path. His body is Nu. The dweller in it is the
Nile, producing everything that is, nourishing all that is. He breatheth
breath into all nostrils. The Luck and the Destiny of every man are with
him. His wife is the earth, he uniteth with her, his seed is the tree of
life, his emanations are the grain."

HYMNS TO THE SUN-GOD

The following extracts from Hymns to the Sun-god and Osiris are written
in the hieratic character upon slices of limestone now preserved in the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

"Well dost thou watch, O Horus, who sailest over the sky, thou child who
proceedest from the divine father, thou child of fire, who shinest like
crystal, who destroyest the darkness and the night. Thou child who
growest rapidly, with gracious form, who restest in thine eye. Thou
wakest up men who are asleep on their beds, and the reptiles in their
nests. Thy boat saileth on the fiery Lake Neserser, and thou traversest
the upper sky by means of the winds thereof. The two daughters of the
Nile-god crush for thee the fiend Neka, Nubti (_i.e._ Set) pierceth him
with his arrows. Keb seizeth (?) him by the joint of his back, Serqet
grippeth him at his throat. The flame of this serpent that is over the
door of thy house burneth him up. The Great Company of the Gods are
wroth with him, and they rejoice because he is cut to pieces. The
Children of Horus grasp their knives, and inflict very many gashes in
him. Hail! Thine enemy hath fallen, and Truth standeth firm before thee.
When thou again transformest thyself into Tem, thou givest thy hand to
the Lords of Akert (_i.e._ the dead), those who lie in death give thanks
for thy beauties when thy light falleth upon them. They declare unto
thee what is their hearts' wish, which is that they may see thee again.
When thou hast passed them by, the darkness covereth them, each one in
his coffin. Thou art the lord of those who cry out (?) to thee, the god
who is beneficent for ever. Thou ar