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Page 1 of 11906 · PDF PAGE 72
…ain, Some Slav beneath the Cossack knout, Some mother ripped, some baby slain, Let lust move silently about :— Soft laughter hid in all, song whispering out! Then let these things of form decay, Some subtler dream dissolve their form, As I have seen a cloudlet lay Its forehead on the sea, and pray Some idle prayer to sunset, or the storm ! Yea! as a cloud in worship-trance Swoons in invisible delight, Let slave and king, let death and dance Shake off their forms, and clothe their light In shrouds of sepulchre, the starless night ! Let song and …
1906 · PDF PAGE 26
SONG. I. DANCE a measure Of tiniest whirls! Shake out your treasure Of cinnamon curls! Tremble with pleasure, O wonder of girls! Il. Rest is bliss, And bliss is rest, Give me a kiss If you love me best! Hold me like this With my head on your breast! 18
1906 · PDF PAGE 29
…music lulls you to unfathomable ecstasy, O kissable Tarshitering! Note.—This poem is probably the original of the well- known Hindu love song : ‘** Thora thairo, Tenduk, thora thairo, tum ! Thora thairo, thairo thora, thora thairo, tum !” 2!
1906 · PDF PAGE 28
TARSHITERING. NEPALI LOVE-SONG. O KISSABLE Tarshitering! the wild bird calls its mate—and I? Come to my tent this night of May, and cuddle close and crown me king! Drink, drink our fill of love at last—a little while and we shall die, O kissable Tarshitering! Droop the long lashes: close the eyes with eyelids like a beetle’s wing! Light the slow smile, ephemeral as ever a painted butterfly, Certain to close into a kiss, certain to fasten on me and sting! 20
1906 · PDF PAGE 22
… LAYLAH WA LAYLAH. ALI bade Hassan to his house to sup. They ate, passed round the full forbidden cup, Till, in an interval of dance and song, Hassan forgot his manners—loud and long. Struck with confusion, forth he fares, takes ship To utmost Ind and far-off Serendip. Full forty years he there abides: at last, Rich and respected, he contemns the past :— ‘* If I declare myself, there ’s hope, I wot, Hassan ’s remembered, and his fault forgot !—” Determines to revisit home. Sweet airs Accomplishing the voyage, he repairs Unto the barber. ‘‘Tell …
1906 · PDF PAGE 32
From this my voluntary pain, My dread initiation, long Desired and long deferred? The Master— Ts he the secret of the song, Portent of triumph or disaster The night wind breathes upon the air Still shimmering from the fearful heat? Can I still trust who have learned to dare? All others I have known effete, Bid them await. Who knows to-day The purpose of the dread essay? Surely I, earlier, further fared! I knew the deed that closes clay, Division’s sword by sense unbared, A living lie. The deep delusion! Dividuality—confusion ! These I unmasked …
1906 · PDF PAGE 83
… below? They spoke Of one I think you have forgotten long; Talked of his ruined life—half as a joke— But I— But I—it is my whole heart’s song! I love you when I think of his pale lips Twitching, and all his curls of gold awry; Your smile of poison as he sighs and sips; Your half-scared laughter as his heart-beats die— Let him creep on, a shattered, ruined thing! A ship dismasted on a dreadful sea! And you—afar—some word of largesse fling Pitifully worded for more cruelty! His death lends savour to our passionate life ; His is the heart I taste …
1906 · PDF PAGE 2
… THE SAME AUTHOR Prices net to the trade. 30 per cent. off orders exceeding £5. Cash with order. ACELDAMA. 425. THE TALE OF ARCHAIS, 55. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. New Edition. 35. 6d. JEZEBEL, ETC. 425. APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Is. EPHTHAH, ETC. 75. 6d. E MOTHER'S TRAGEDY, ETC. New Edition. 75. 6d. THE SOUL oF OsiRIs. 55. CARMEN SAECULARE. 25. 6d. TANNHAUSER. New Edition. 153. BERASHITH. 55. AHAB, ETC. 55. ALICE. 55. THE GOD-EATER. 25. 6d. THE SworD OF SonG. Fifth Impression. 20s. THE STAR AND THE GARTER. Popular Edition. 15. THE ARGONAUTS, 55…