5/30 All was wisdom, prosperity, and peace. He mounted an ivory throne which was set in a market-place facing the water: and as the sun sank called in all the multitudes to prayer. With one voice they prayed, bending in adoration. And I understood that herein was shown the reign of the Gods on earth, which was long before the days of Menes. Still the same fair city, but other men--men with greed and evil on their faces--who hated the bonds of righteous doing, and set their hearts on sin. |