The Bookshelf for boys and girls Historic Tales and Golden Deeds (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 48
-ing Romans, she is said to have allowed a deadlyserpent to bite her. So when they came to herpalace they found her in all her regal splendor—but dead. In Tennysons words, Cleopatra says: I died a queen. The Roman soldier foundMe lying dead, my crown around my brows,A name forever. From Menes to… … 237 238 EGYPTS WONDERFUL STORY We have but to look at the vast view again, feet of the children at play in the little wornand much of the old life will become so vivid shoes, and the sad wail of the mourners carryingand real to us that we can almost hear the dancing the mummy to its hidden tomb.…
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