TUT-ANKH-AMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 22, 26 January 1924, Page 22

TUT-ANKH-AMEN.

(Junior Overseas Prize Poem, given. ty the Victoria League.) The tomb of Tut-ankh-amen opened lies; Thousands of years ago he closed his «y« And slept, his ■wondrous treasures it his side; His hidden tomb both man and time defied. We look within, and see a gSded cklir, And know a Pharaoh's hand has rested there— - , Carved so gracefully the feet and lions head — . Walk softly now past Egypt's rottl dead. An ancient chest—its wondrous painted lid— What fragile cobweb robes of state ll hid! Speak softly: she who wore ttiem *>• a queen; How stately and how proud ehe Tail have been. Papyrus, which the wise men scored Ol old, The gilded chariots, beds of beaten goM; And see! —these withered flowers, once bright and gay, , Show that the feet of Love have pa«e« this -way. Perhaps a child whose eyes were *et with tears, Perhaps a maid who eerred tn«m through the years; We only know that they were •«« and fair ~ When hands of Lore had eadly-K" them there. Speak lower yet, for even Death *& smile , h At Love, and stay his hand * W while. Walk reverently now, for, in the gloo»Love still may guard King Tut-anW amen's tomb. JOAN BALDWIN (aged 13)-