Excerpt from Thaïs: Comedie Lyrique in Three Acts and Seven Tableaux, After the Novel of Anatole FranceThe cenobites Here is the bread, and the salt, and the hyssop athanael my heart with bitterness acheth athanael Alas! Whilst yet a simple youth palemon My son, do not mingle with people of this era vision or athanael athanael Thou who fillest our souls with compassion athanai-il. Spirit of light and grace, strengthen my heart for the fight.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.