"Can the papyrusgrowup withouta marsh?Can the rushesgrowwithoutwater?
And lo,from the Nilethere cameup sevencows,sleekand fat;and they grazedin the marshgrass.
"Will they not teachyou [and] tellyou, And bringforthwordsfrom their minds?
"While it is stillgreen[and] not cutdown,Yet it withersbeforeany[other] plant.
But when she couldhidehim nolonger,she gothim a wickerbasketand coveredit over with tarand pitch.Then she putthe childinto it and set[it] among the reedsby the bankof the Nile.
