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" Hail, mighty Patah!
Spirit of life!
Lo! we invoke thee,
Oh! mighty Patah!
Of earth the creator !
Lo! we invoke thee."
And the Egyptian priests, the magi, clad in the splen-
did robes of the temple, chanted and chanted, with eyes
looking heavenward.
1 Hail, thou great maker
Of earth and heaven!
Lo! we invoke thee!
Life of the universe!
Oh ! love eternal!
Lo ! we invoke thee !"
" Farewell, forever!" cried Athothis to Paulus An-
drocydes. " Listen ! Radmes is singing—
" ' Morir si pura bella,
Morir per me d' amore,
Degli anni tuoi nel fiore,
Fugir la vita.'
" Let these words be mine to Amneris."
" Stay !" exclaimed Paulus Androcydes, alarmed at the
strange emotion displayed by the Egyptian. " Stay,
mighty necromancer, do not desert me ! Restore me to
the habitation from which you seduced me by false prom-
ises. Give me back my body!"
" Coward !" retorted Athothis. " To desire mortality
after what you have undergone ! Do not cling to me !
LTnhand me, ungrateful man ! See ! Amneris is calling
me. She has thrown herself on the stone of the sacred
vault, and is singing—
" ' Peace everlasting, immortal love,
Isis relenting, smiles from above.'
