Egyptian religious poetry

DUTY TO GOD, KING AND NEIGHBOUR II5

7

BETTER is poverty at the hand of God than riches in the store-house ; Better is bread with a happy heart than riches with vexation. [J-E.A., xii, p. 205]

8

Lay thee not down at night fearing the morrow ;

When day appears what is the morrow like ?

Man knoweth not what the morrow will be,

The events of the morrow are in the hand of God. [J-E.A., xii, p. 216]

9

Be resolute in thy heart, make firm thy mind ; steer not with thy tongue ; The tongue of a man is the rudder of the boat, but the Universal Lord is the pilot. [J-B.A., xii, p. 216]

Io

How happy is he who hath reached the West when he is safe in the hand of God. [J-E.A., xii, p. 221]