Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1884 — The Temple of Karnak. [ARTICLE]

The Temple of Karnak.

The temple of Kamak in the cold moonlight is indeed a sight to he seen and a thing to be dreamed of in years to come. If ever I live to be old, grayheaded, and rheumatic, only able to occupy an arm-chair by the fireside, I feel sure that the remembrance of that scene as I beheld it to-night will always remain in my mind that thing of beauty which is a joy iofcSver. The tender but bright light exhibited all the exquisite proportions of the building to perfection, and seemed to throw a delicate veil over the scars and scratches made by the rude fingers of relentless time, or by the hand of the spoiler. Everything seemed more perfect than in the garish light of noonday. Columns appeared to be without crack or flaw; colossi concealed their general dilapidation; obelisks looked even higher and more pointed; the avenue of sphinxes, half buried in sand, more grand. All had an added charm in the glory of an Egyptian night, which just now is like a softer day illumined by myriads of stars.— Mr. Braxsey, in Good Word*.