Viii

Therefore hath the priest-procession Causeway clean of sandal-wood; That no foul thing make transgression On the votive maiden's blood.

Pure of blood and soul, she standeth Where the marble gauge demandeth, Marble pillar, with black style, Record of the rising Nile,

White-robed priests around her kneeling, Ibis-banner floating high, Conchs, and drums, and sistrals pealing, And Sesostris standing nigh.