. . .
And Suddenly, In The Mist Of The Deep Nocturnal Calm Of This Temple,
Isolated Here In The Lake, Comes Again
The sound of a kind of mournful
booming, of things that topple, precious stones that become detached
and fall - and
Then, on the surface of the lake, a thousand concentric
circles form, close one another and disappear, ruffling indefinitely
this mirror embanked between the terrible granites, in which Isis
regards herself sorrowfully.
/Postscript./ - The submerging of Philae, as we know, has increased by
no less than seventy-five millions of pounds the annual yield of the
surrounding land. Encouraged by this success, the English propose next
year to raise the barrage of the Nile another twenty feet. As a
consequence this sanctuary of Isis will be completely submerged, the
greater part of the ancient temples of Nubia will be under water, and
fever will infect the country. But, on the other hand, the cultivation
of cotton will be enormously facilitated. . . .
End of Egypt (La Mort De Philae), by Pierre Loti
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