The sacred Ibis, one might sau , 
Was classified a"8ird-of-Pray" 
His bodj.{, after death, mas dried, 
embalmed in pitch, and mumnujjied, 
And thus tuas handed doain to us 
In some old King's sarcophagus. 
The Malloui, srouiins in the boss, 
('Ibiscus termed by peda^p^ues) 
,Ismuch opposed to dessicalion, 
J\nd bears no marks oj veneration. 
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