The Soul of Osiris

THE GATE OF THE SANCTUARY. 53 “ THE TWO MINDS.” “ THEY SHALL BE NO MORE TWAIN, BUT ONE FLESH.” ELL have I said, “ O God, Thou art, alone, In many forms and faces manifest ! Thou, stronger than the universe, Thy throne ! Thou, calm in strength as the sea’s heart at rest ! ” But I have also answered : “ Let the groan Of this Thy world reach up to Thee, and wrest Thy bloody sceptre : let the wild winds own Man’s lordship, and obey at his behest ! ” Man has two minds : the first beholding all, As from a centre to the endless end : The second reaches from the outer wall, And seeks the centre. This I comprehend. But in the first : “ I can—but what is worth ? ” And in the second : “ I am dust and earth ! W