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Page 1 of 11903 · PDF PAGE 27
…re dull, as seeing inward,| Rupua. Ha! ha! "Tis the priest. Dost think O’ the feast? Criosda, shrink ! The rune is woe. Ho! Ho! Criospa. Mother of Sin ! Rupua. Ho! Ho! Criospa. Thus then at last the Luck of Maurya throws A double-six to lost Criosda. RupuHa. Ho! The Luck of Maurya! The power of the deed. Criospa. I find thee, mother, at last. Life’s final flash Gleams through the storm. Rupua. l am found ! Ho! Ho! Criospa. What of the power? I bid these waves be calm In Maurya’s name.
1903 · PDF PAGE 4
…aring Cross Road, W.C. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. THE TALE OF ARCHAIS. JEPHTHAH AND OTHER MYSTERIES, &C. AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THE MOTHER’S TRAGEDY, &c. (Privately printed.) CARMEN SAECULARE. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS. TANNHAUSER. Also: ACELDAMA. [Ost of print. BERASHITH. [Out of print. Reprinted tn‘ The Sword of Song.” JEZEBEL AND OTHER PoremMs. ([Oxé of print. Mostly reprinted in ‘* The Soul of Osiris.”’ SUMMA SPES, [Out of print. AHAB. [ Of the Chiswick Press, Took’s Court, E.C. (As Edtfor) Auick. [Out of print. In preparation: THE ARGONAUTS.…
1903 · PDF PAGE 23
…lost ! He 1s lost ! Take the staff ! Trace the rule Of the circle crossed ! [She makes a circle and a cross therein.| No light therein ! Mother of sin, Thou hast won ! Death to the sun ! Hail to the glow Of the corpse decayed ! Hail to the maid ! Ho! Ho! [She rambles about the stage, muttering savage runes with dismal laughter. Her words are inarticulate, when with a last Ho! Ho! the curtain falls.| [The scene rises, and we again see the stage as in Scene I. Maurya and Criospa as in the opening. Criospa is, however, absolutely calm.| Maurya. Cr…
1903 · PDF PAGE 33
…rnity past the poles of space. Choose then what spangle on the robe of time Shall glitter in thine eyes : for the hour strikes. Criospa. Mother! I would see the Luck of Maurya stand Two thousand years from now. Rupua. Good priest, bring forth The globe of crystal. ist PRIEST. Hearing is enough. [The priest takes a crystal from out the altar, and places it thereupon. Rupua and Criospa advance.| Rupua. Look! I uplift the veil. [She unveils the crystal.| Criospa. I see a lofty pyramid sun-white Blaze in immaculate glory to the stars ; Its splendou…
1903 · PDF PAGE 32
…end deeper and deeper in adoration. Silence awhile. They rise, and the priests see Rupua and Criospa.] ist Priest. [Whispers.| It is the Mother of our Lady. and Prizst. [Whispers.| Who is with her? 1st Prizst. [Whispers.| The first disciple. 2nd Priest. [Whispers.| Blessed is this day, O brother!