Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ISIS, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN


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First Line: I was e'er ancient time began
Last Line: And none my hidden glory know.
Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Old Age; Temples; Mosques


I am all that has been, all that is and shall ever be: no mortal has lifted
the veil from my face.—Inscription upon the Temple at Sais.

I WAS e'er ancient time began—
The stars are young, but I am old;
The circling ages come and go,
And I the heaven and earth enfold.

I am, and in my heart I clasp
The priceless treasures of the sea;
I spread the desert-sand abroad,
And bade the sacred Nile-stream be.

I shall abide when stars are gray,
And age hath dimmed their wonted glow;
No mortal lifts the veil I wear,
And none my hidden glory know.





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