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will hide thee in a mask of sorrow: they that see thee shall 
fear thou art fallen: but I lift thee up.
54. Nor shall they who cry aloud their folly that thou meanest 
nought avail; thou shall reveal it: thou availest: they are the 
slaves of because: They are not of me. The stops as thou wilt; 
the letters? change them not in style or value!
55. Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; 
thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto.
56. Begone! ye mockers; even though ye laugh in my honour ye 
shall laugh not long: then when ye are sad know that I have 
forsaken you.
57. He that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is filthy 
shall be filthy still.
58. Yea! deem not of change: ye shall be as ye are, & not other. 
Therefore the kings of the earth shall be Kings for ever: the 
slaves shall serve. There is none that shall be cast down or 
lifted up: all is ever as it was. Yet there are masked ones my 
servants: it may be that yonder beggar is a King. A King may
t choose his garment as he will: there is no certain test: but a 
beggar cannot hide his poverty.
59. Beware therefore! Love all, lest perchance is a King con­
cealed! Say you so? Fool! If he be a King, thou canst not hurt 
him.
60. Therefore strike hard & low, and to hell with them, master!
61. There is a light before thine eyes, o prophet, a light unde­
sired, most desirable.
62. I am uplifted in thine heart; and the kisses of the stars rain 
hard upon thy body.
63. Thou art exhaust in the voluptuous fullness of the inspira­
tion; the expiration is sweeter than death, more rapid and 
laughterful than a caress of Hell’s own worm.
64. Oh! thou art overcome: we are upon thee; our delight is all 
over thee: hail! hail: prophet of Nu! prophet of Had! prophet 
of Ra-Hoor-Khu! Now rejoice! now come in our splendour