Aleister
Crowley .
I know no happiness , no
pain ,
No swift
emotion ,
no
disdain ,
No
pity ; but the boundless
light
Of the Eternal
Love, unslain ,
Flows
through
me
to
redeem
the night .
Mine
is
a
sad
slow
life ; but I ,
I
would
not
gain
release
and
die
A moment
ere my task be
done .
To falter now
were
treachery
,
I should
not dare
to
greet
the sun !
Yet
in
one
hour I
dare
not hope,
The mighty
gate
of Life may
ope ,
And
call me upwards
to
unite
(Even my soul within
the
scope )
With
That Unutterable
Light.
Steady of
purpose , girt with
Truth ,
I
pass,
in my
eternal youth ,
And
watch
the centuries wax
and wane ;
Untouched
by
Time's
corroding
tooth ,
Silent , immortal , unprofane !
My
empire
changes
not with
time.
Men 's kingdoms
cadent as
a rime
Move me
as waves
that
rise and fall.
They
are
the
parts ,
that
crash
or
climb ;
I only
comprehend
the
All.