As the universal mother goddess, Isis's virtues are extolled in the hymns to Isis. Priest poets continued to find new ways to confirm her position as a supreme goddess and to praise her virtues. She was called the Divine Mother, the Lady of the Palace, the Goddess of Nature, and the Lady of Heaven, Earth, and the Netherworld. The best-preserved hymns to Isis are found in the Temple of Isis on Philae island near Aswan. The following portion is found in room X and shows the king reciting to Isis:
Isis, the Great, God's mother, Lady of Philae God's Wife, God's Adorer, and God's Hand God's mother and Great Spouse, Adornment and Lady of Ornaments of the Palace Lady and desire of the green fields, Nursling who fills the palace with her beauty, Fragrance of the palace, mistress of joy, Who completes her course in the Divine Palace. Rain-cloud that makes the green in the fields when it descends, Lady sweet of love, Lady of Upper and Lower Egypt, Who issues orders among the divine Ennead, According to whose command one rules. Lady great of praise, lady of charm, Who enjoys the trickling of fresh myrrh on her face. The inscription next to the hymn indicates that Isis was pleased with the hymn dedicated to her. She says: How beautiful is this which you have done for me my son, Horus, my beloved, Lord of Diadems, (king) Ptolemy; I have given you this land, joy to your Ba forever.
