Plays with the asp upon HATSHEPSU'S crown,
And thinks, "A goodly land, this land of Khem!"
The little ape sits on HATSHEPSU'S knee
While the great lotus-fans move to and fro;
Outside along the Nile the galleys go
And the Phoenician rowers seek the sea;
Outside the masons carve TAHUTMES' chin,
Tipped with the beard of Ra, and lo, within—
The ape, derisive and ineffable.
The little ape from Punt sits there beside