and say,

“Shattered is Niniveh—who will pity her?

Whence shall I seek for comforters to thee?”

Shalt thou be better than No-Amon,[300]

Which sat upon the Nile streams[301]—waters were

round her—

Whose rampart was the sea,[302] and waters her wall?[303]

Kush was her strength and Miṣraim without end;

Phut and the Lybians were there to assist her.[304]

Even she was for exile, she went to captivity: