27. Then the priest answered and said unto
the Queen of Space, kissing her lovely. brows,
and the dew of her light bathing his whole
body in a sweet-smelling perfume of sweat:
Ο Nuit, continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever
thus; that men speak not of thee as One but as
None; and let them speak not of thee at all,
since thou art continuous!
28. None, breathedthe light, faint and faery,
of the stars, and two.
29. For I am divided for love’s sake, for the
chance of union.
30. This is the creation of the world, that
the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy
of dissolution all.
31. For these fools of men and their woes
care not thou at all ! They feel little; what is,
is balanced
by weak joys; but ye are my
chosen ones.
32. Obey my prophet
! follow out the ordeals
of my knowledge!
seek me only! Then the
joys of my love will redeem ye from all pain.
This is so; I swear it by the vault of my body;
by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can
give, by all I desire of ye all.
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33. Then the priest fell into a deep trance or
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