Thou art in my heart, There is none other that knoweth thee but thy son, Fairest of the Forms of Ra, the Only One of Ra[220]; Thou causest him to be exercised in thy methods and in thy might. The whole earth is in thy hand even as thou hast made them; At thy rising all live, at thy setting they die. Translation of F. Ll. Griffith. HYMNS TO AMEN RA[221] The following collection of hymns to Amen Ra is from the orthodox worship of the New Kingdom; that is to say, it dates from the period beginning in the XVIIth Dynasty, about 1700 B.C. The series is contained in a papyrus now preserved in the museum at Gizeh and in very perfect condition. In the original, the lines are punctuated with red dots, and the stanzas are marked by rubrics, a very valuable clue being thus provided both as to meanings and form. The first hymn is divided into five stanzas of seven lines each,[222] but the fourth stanza contains an error of punctuation which has perhaps prevented this arrangement from being noticed hitherto. The other hymns do not appear to be so divisible. The text presents several instances of embellishment by farfetched, and to our minds very feeble, puns and punning assonances. It is impossible to reproduce these to the English reader, but some lines in which they occur are here marked with asterisks indicating the words in question. Although these hymns have been much admired, it must be confessed that they are somewhat arid in comparison with the simple expression of Akhenaten's devotion in the 'Hymn to the Aten.' To the Egyptians, however, the mythological references were full of meaning, while to us they are never fully intelligible. Such an enumeration as that of the symbols and insignia of divine royalty which we find in the second hymn, is as empty to us as references to the Stars and Stripes, the White House, the Spread Eagle, the Union Jack, the Rose, the Shamrock, and the Thistle may be to the lords of the world in 5000 to 6000 A.D. _Praise of Amen Ra! The bull in Heliopolis, the chief of all the gods, The beautiful and beloved god Who giveth life to all warm-blooded things, To all manner of goodly cattle!_ I