Berkley, E.: The pharaohs and their people: scenes of old Egyptian life and history (New York, [1883])

THE EIGHTEENTH D YNASTY.

the Western lands ; I have made them behold
thee like a young bull valiant in his might—he
hath sharpened his horns—none may resist
him.

' I am come, and I have given thee to smite
all lands; I have made them behold thee as it
were a crocodile : terrible is he exceedingly,
and lord of the waters—none dare approach
him.

' I am come, and I have given thee to smite
the Tahennu in their islands; I have made
them behold thee as a lion in his wrath—he
lieth down upon the bodies of his prey and
taketh his rest in the valleys.

' I am come, and I have given thee to smite
the dwellers by the water-side that they who
abide by the great sea may be subdued beneath
thy feet; I have made them behold thee even
like the king of birds who marketh his prey
from on high, and seizeth upon whatsoever he
listeth.

' I am come, and I have given thee to smite
the dwellers in the waste ; the Herusha are led
captive; I have made them behold thee as it
were the jackal of the South—he hunteth