Egyptian religious poetry
HYMNS TO THE SUN
Mayest thou never exist.
May thy form never exist.
May thy attributes never exist.
May that which springs from thee never exist.
May thy hair never exist.
May thy possessions never exist
May thy emissions never exist.
May the material of thy body never exist.
May thy place never exist.
May thy tomb never exist.
May thy cavern never exist.
May thy funeral chamber never exist.
thy paths never exist.
thy seasons never exist.
thy words never exist.
thy enterings in never exist.
thy journeyings never exist.
thy advancings never exist.
thy comings never exist.
thy sitting down never exist.
thy increase never exist.
thy body never exist.
thy prosperity never exist.
May May May May May May May May May May May
Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou
Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou
Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou
Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou Mayest thou
never never never
never never never never
never never never never
never never never never never never never never never hever never never
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Thou art smitten, O enemy. Thou shalt die, thou shalt die. Thou shalt perish, thou shalt perish, thou shalt perish. {Arch., lii, p. 451]