Collected Works (Vol. II)

MARCH IN THE TROPICS 31 Il. Thoth, from the starry space Flash out the splendid face! Wisdom, immortal grace, Thoth, turn to usward ! III. Deep, deep thy sombre Sea, Spouse of eternity ! Mother, we cry to Thee: Hear us, Maut, Mother! IV. Sound, sistron, sound afar ! Shine, shine, O dawning Star! Flame, flame, O meteor Car ! Isis, Our Lady ! Vv. ‘“rike, strike the louder chord! Draw, draw the flaming sword, Crowned child and conquering Lord: Horus, avenger. Vi. Dawn-star of flaming light, Five rays in one unite, Light, Life, Love, Mercy, Might, Star of the Magi. VII. Lift, lift the Cross of Light,_: Rose, golden, green, and white, Rise, rise athwart the night! Mighty Aeshuri ! VIII. Flame, flame, thou Blazoned Sun! Seal-Star of Solomon ! Seven Mysteries in One ! Godhead and Mankind ! IX. Beauty and life and love ! Let fly thy darling dove ! Bend to us from above, Lady Ahathor ! Xx. Where light and darkness meet, There shine thy flaming feet, There is thy splendid seat ; Mighty Anubi! XI. Swift-winged Stability, Lifting the earth and sky, Hold me up utterly, Keep me, O Shuwe! XII. Virginal Queen of Earth, Late love, and last of birth, Loose, loose the golden girth, Nephthys, the crowned one! XIII. Hail, crowned Harpocrates, Show, show thy secrecies, Lotus-throned silences, Typhon’s réplacer ! MARCH IN THE TROPICS. Written near Manzanillo. WHAT ails thee, earth? Is not the breath of Spring Exultant on thy breast? What aileth thee, O many-mooded melancholy sea? [fear the swift rush of that triumphant wing! Listen ! the world’s whole heart is listening ! In England now the leaf leaps, and the tree Gleams dewy, and the bird woos noisily. Here in the tropics now is no such thing. Dull heavy heat burns through the clouded sky, And yet no promise of the latter rains. Earth bears her fruit, but unrefreshed of death. In winter is no sorrow, in the dry Harsh spring no joy, while pestilence and pains Hover like wolves behind the summer’s breath.