And after him lead his masterless steed,
While peals the minute gun.

Amid the noblest of the land

We lay the sage to rest,

And give the bard an honored place,

With costly marble drest,

In the great minster transept

Where lights like glories fall,

And the organ rings, and the sweet choir sings Along the emblazoned wall.

This was the truest warrior

That ever buckled sword,

This the most gifted poet

That ever breathed a word;
And never earth's philosopher
Traced with his golden pen,

On the deathless page, truths half so sage
As he wrote down for men.

And had he not high honor,-
The hillside for a pall,

To lie in state while angels wait

With stars for tapers tall,

And the dark rock pines, like tossing plumes,

Over his bier to wave,

And God's own hand in that lonely land,

To lay him in the grave?

In that strange grave without a name,

Whence his uncoffined clay

Shall break again, O wondrous thought!
Before the Judgment day,

And stand with glory wrapt around

On the hills he never trod,

And speak of the strife that won our life,
With the Incarnate Son of God.

O lonely grave in Moab's land!

O dark Beth-Peor's hill!

Speak to these curious hearts of ours,

And teach them to be still.

God hath His mysteries of grace,

Ways that we cannot tell;

He hides them deep, like the hidden sleep

Of him He loved so well.

STORY OF THE TWO BROTHERS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE EGYPTIAN, BY P. LE PAGE RENOUF

(From "Records of the Past.")

THERE were two brothers (children), of one mother and of one father. Anpu was the name of the elder, Bata that of the younger.

Anpu had a house and a wife, and his younger brother was like a son to him. He it was who . . . clothes for him.

He followed after his

cattle. . . he who did the plowing

. . did all the labors of the fields.

But when

Behold, his younger brother was so good a laborer that there was not his equal in the whole land. the days had multiplied after this the younger brother was with his cattle according to his daily wont, he took them to his house every evening; he was laden with all the herbs of the field. . .

(The elder brother) sat with his wife and ate and drank (whilst the younger was in) the stable with his cattle. But when the day dawned. . . he rose before his elder brother, took bread to the field and called the (laborers) to eat in the field.

He followed after his cattle and they told him where the best grasses were. He understood all that they said and he took them to the place where the best herbage was which they wanted.

And the cattle which was before him became exceedingly beautiful, and they multiplied exceedingly. And when the time for plowing came, his elder brother said to him, "Let us take our teams for plowing, because the land has made its appearance. The time is excellent for plowing it. So do thou come with seed, for we shall accomplish the plowing.” . . . So said he.

And the younger brother proceeded to do whatever his elder told him. . . . But when the day dawned they went to the field with their . . . and worked at their tillage and they enjoyed themselves exceedingly at their work.

But when the days had multiplied after this they were in the field... (the elder brother) sent his junior, saying, “Go and fetch seed for us from the village."

And the younger brother found the wife of the elder sit ting at her toilet. And he said to her, "Arise and give me seed that I may go back to the field, because my elder brother wishes me to return without delay."

And she said to him, "Go, open the bin, and take thyself whatever thou wilt; my hair would fall by the way."

The youth entered his stable; he took a large vessel, for he wished to take a great deal of seed, and he loaded himself with grain and went out with it.

And she said to him, "How much have you on .. And he said to her, "Two measures of barley and three of wheat; in all five, which are on my arm."

And she spoke to him, saying, "What strength there is in thee! indeed, I observe thy vigor every day." Her heart knew him. . . . She seized upon him and said to him: "Come, let us lie down for an instant. Better for thee . . beautiful clothes."

The youth became like a panther with fury on account of the shameful discourse which she had addressed to him. And she was alarmed exceedingly.

He spoke to her, saying: "Verily, I have looked upon thee in the light of a mother and thy husband in that of a father to me. (For he is older than I, as much as if he had begotten me.) What a great abomination is this which thou hast mentioned to me. Do not repeat it again to me, and I will not speak of it to any one. Verily, I will not let anything of it come forth from my mouth to any man."

He took up his load and went forth to the field. He came to his elder brother, and they accomplished the task of their labor.

But when the time of evening had come, the elder brother returned to his house. His younger brother behind his cattle... loaded with all things of the field. He led his cattle before him to lie down in their stable.

Behold, the wife of his elder brother was alarmed at the discourse which she had held. She She . . . She made herself like one who has suffered violence from a man, for she wished to say to her husband, "It is thy younger brother who has done me violence."

Her husband returned home at evening according to his daily wont. He came to his house, and he found his wife lying as if murdered by a ruffian.

She did not pour water upon his hand according to her wont, she did not light the lamp before him, his house was in darkness. She was lying uncovered.

Her husband said to her, "Who has been conversing with thee?"

She said, "No one has conversed with me except thy younger brother; when he came to fetch seed for thee, he found me sitting alone, and he said to me, 'Come, and let us lie down for an instant ; that is what he said to me. "But I did not listen to him. 6 Behold, am I not thy mother, and thy elder brother is he not like a father to thee? that is what I said to him, and he got alarmed and did me violence that I might not make a report to thee; but if thou lettest him live, I shall kill myself. Behold he was

And the elder brother became like a panther . . . he made his dagger sharp, and took it in his hand. And the elder brother put himself behind the door of his stable to kill his younger brother on his return at evening to bring his cattle to the stable.

But when the sun set, he loaded himself with all the herbs of the field, according to his daily wont. And he came, and the first cow entered into the stable, and it said to its keeper: 'Verily, thy elder brother is standing before thee with his dagger to slay thee. Betake thyself from before him."

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He heard the speech of the first ox; the next one entered and it spoke in the same way. He looked under the door of the stable, and he saw the two feet of his elder brother, who was standing behind the door with a dagger in his hand.

He laid down his load upon the ground and betook himself to flight, his elder brother following him with his dagger.

The younger brother invoked the Sun god Horus of the two horizons, saying, "My good Lord, it is thou who distinguishest wrong from right!"

The Sun god stopped to listen to all his wailings. And the Sun god made a large stream, which was full of crocodiles, between him and his elder; one of them was on one bank and one upon the other.

And the elder brother struck his hand twice (with rage) at not killing him he did.

And the younger brother called to him from the bank, saying:

"Stop till daybreak, and when the sun's disk comes forth, I shall have an explanation with thee in its presence to give the . . . of the truth, for I have never done wrong to thee, but I will never live in the places wherein thou art. I am going to the mountain of the Cedar."

But when the day dawned, the Sun god, Horus of both horizons, came forth, and each of them saw the other.

The young man spoke to his elder brother, saying: "What is this, thy coming to kill me wrongfully? Hearest thou not what my mouth speaketh? Verily, I am thy younger brother, in very deed, and thou wert to me as a father, and thy wife as a mother.

"Behold, is it not because thou didst send me to fetch seed for us thy wife said to me, Come, let us lie down for an instant;' but see, she has turned it to thee the wrong way."

And he made him understand what had happened with reference to himself with his wife. He swore by the Sun god, Horus of both horizons, saying, "Thy intent is to slay me wrongfully, thou art with thy dagger, . . ." and he took a sharp knife, cut off his phallus and threw it into the water, and the fish swallowed it.

But he became faint and swooned away. And his elder brother felt compassion exceedingly. And he stood weeping and crying, not being able to pass over to the place where his younger brother was, on account of the crocodiles.

But the younger brother called to him, saying: "Behold, thou didst imagine a crime: thou didst not imagine that it was a virtuous action or a thing which I had done for thee.

"Now return to thy house, and do thou look after thy cattle thyself; for I will no longer remain in a place where thou art. I go to the mountain of the Cedar.

"But as to what thou shalt do for me, and thy coming to look after me, thou shalt learn, namely, things will happen

to me.

"I shall take my heart and place it in the top of the flower of the Cedar, and when the Cedar is cut down, it will fall to the ground.

"Thou shalt come to seek it. If thou art seven years in the search of it, let not thy heart be depressed; and when thou hast found it, thou shalt place it in a cup of cold water; oh, then I shall live (once more) and fling back a reply to an attack.