FROM THE MAGAZINES.
TO A BOYAL MUMMY. Thou, Qneen who wast. Now gruesome shape. Linen and dost. At whom they gape.--The multitude. Ogling and rude, — What is the message, i Warning, or presage. Thy vast experience. Oar vast Impertinence. Bid thee impart to as. Baring thy heart to us? i Blazoned the case Of Kgrpt"s crownjeweU Proud was thy race, I I"n and crrrtjl; Srribod here their history, Glory, aud mystery. When life was euded Shrouded and splendid. How they entombed thee . Walled in a "pyramid. Thy regal beauty hid. Aye, thon wert queenly, Majestic, Inviolate. Who now so meanly Liest In state. A I'hurac.u ?irp<l fh»e: Kiuss have dp.si!cii ibee: Forgot now, despoiled. Thy beauty aswoil-d. What II thy wisdom tanght ' That out of all is naught? What If thy secret be That ail is vanity? ■ , —Anna Glen Stoduard, in "Ceatn; lapazine."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 279, 22 November 1913, Page 14
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