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POTIPHAR'S WIFE
Fierce from her arms: and, all alight, he spokeAngrily thus: "Take, too, thy skirt, and shroud Yon stars that gaze upon us from God's sky! Cover, with fine-wove webs, the angry eye
XLVI."Of dread Jehovah, watching everywhere!Bind His free winds, and bid them whisper naught!Lay hand upon His lightnings, flashing clear,And bribe them not to strike! Let there be brought His thunders, muzzled, to thy bower; and win Their awful voices to forgive our sin!"
XLVII."Fear'st thou those stony eyes thou didst enfold, And shall not I my fathers' Lord fear more,Whose glance none may shut out, Whose eyes behold All things in every place? Tempted full sore, Lady of Egypt! Was thy witless slave:Now breaks he from thee, better faith to save!"
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