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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: HE HOLDETH FAST TO THE MEMORY OF HIS IDENTITY, by                    
First Line: "in the great house, and in the house of fire"
Last Line: Let me remember then the name I bore!
Subject(s): Easter;holidays;memory; The Resurrection


IN the Great House, and in the House of Fire,
On the dark night of counting all the years,
On the dark night when months and years are numbered,—
O let my name be given back to me!

When the Divine One on the Eastern Stairs
Shall cause me to sit down with him in peace,
And every god proclaims his name before me,—
Let me remember then the name I bore!





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