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…laude id, ne Vituperasse inventus sim.” In English let me render him! ’Ware mug, and snap potato-trap! Or elsely it may haply hap Aim of poet. Indignation of poet. Poet defies his uncle. Whip and spur. Sporting offer. The Times Com- petition outdone. Sub-species of genus Christian included in poet’s strictures. 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180
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…rang from ! No ! Not this inspires the indignant blow 660 666 670 675 680 685 690 695 700 Poem does not treat of Palæ- ontology : nor of poet’s youth : nor of Christian infamies. Poet forced to mystic position.
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…of spirit growing straight And life as light a-lving out !” So Swinburne doth sublimely state, And he is right beyond a doubt. So, I’m a poet or a rhymer ; A mountaineer or mountain climber. So much for Crowley’s vital primer. The inward life of soul and heart, That is a thing occult, apart : But yet his metier or his kismet As much as these you have of his met. So—you be butcher ; you be baker ; You, Plymouth Brother, and you, Quaker ; You, Mountebank, you, corset-maker :— While for you, my big beauty,20 (Chicago packs pork) I’ll teach you the…
1904 · PDF PAGE 50
…ce but for this concealment even our Shakespearian scholars would have dis- covered so patent a fact. In some plays, too, of course, the poet deals with less dangerous topics. These are truly conventional, no doubt; we may pass them by; they are foreign to our purpose; but we will take that stupendous example of literary subterfuge—King Lear. Let my digress to the history of my own conversion. Syllogistically,—all great men ( e.g. Shaw) are agnostics and subverters of morals. Shake- speare was a great man. Therefore Shakespeare was an agnostic …
1904 · PDF PAGE 49
…5 Christian mystics not true Christians. What think ye of Crowley ? His interlo- cuter dis- missed, not with a jest, but with a warning. Poet yawns. Aum !
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… think that ordinary folk, Though, understood the things I spoke. For Gods, and devils too, I find Are merely modes of my own mind ! The poet needs enthusiasm ! Vese-making is a sort of spasm, Degeneration of the mind, And things of that unpleasant kind. 515 520 525 530 535 540 545 Nothing. The Apotheosis of Realism and Idealism alike Gayatri. Is “The Soul of Osiris” a Hymn Book ? How verse is written. Prayer.
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…mont, though ! Who can say ? 745 750 755 760 765 770 775 780 The reader may hope. Summary. Reader dis- missed to chapel. Future plans of poet. Jesus dismissed with a jest. The Jest.
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…ll, By worship and all else unmoved 190 195 200 205 210 215 220 225 Our logical method. Clas- sical allusion, demonstrating erudition of poet. Whether or not spirit and matter are dis- tinct, let us in- vestigate the fundamental necessities of thought. Impermanence of the soul.
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…85 490 495 500 505 510 Fact replacing folklore, the Christian snig- gers. Let him beware. For I speak subtly. Results of prac- tice. The poet abandons all to find Truth.
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…d lead it. 595 600 605 610 615 620 625 A test. The artist’s concen- tration on his work. Yogi but a more vigorous artist. Indignation of poet suppressed by Yogi and philosopher alike.
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…eption of a virgin. 715 720 725 730 735 740 745 750 Mystic mean-ing o f Pente-cost. Super-con- sciousness is the gift of the Holy Ghost. Poet not a materialist. Mohammed’s ideas. Verbatim re- port of Moslem account of the Annunciation.
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…e) on the reverse. 110 115 120 125 130 135 140 Necessity of poem. Mysticism v. literal interpre tation. Former excused. Buddha re- bukes poet. Detailed scheme of modified poem.
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…India were damned ; I wish I had my mother’s nursing, Find precious little use in cursing, 620 625 630 635 640 645 650 655 Death-bed o f poet. Effec t of body on mind.
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…d eternal misery makes him re- sponsible for it. If he and Judas are finally re- deemed we might perhaps look over the matter this once. Poet books his seat. Creator in
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…d bellowed in our brains “ye must.” 675 680 685 690 695 700 705 710 Fifty years of Europe worth a cycle of Cathay. Method of Christ. The poet a Chris- tian. With reserva- tions. Deus in machinâ. Pon- tious Pilate as a Surry Magis- trate.
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…ty to be discussed to prejudice of the metaphysical. Orthodoxy to be our doxy.† Gipsies barred. Henrik Ibsen and H. G. Wells. Parson and poet. Fugitive nature of dogma in these latter days. The Higher Criticism.
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…ed notes are given at p. 48 † Bacon, “Essay on Truth,” line 1. ‡ “Childe Roland to the dark Tower came.”—BROWNING. Curious posi- tion of poet. What is Truth? said jesting Pilate: but Crowley waits for an answer.† Alternative theories of Greek authors. Browning’s summary. 5 10 15 20 25 30
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…0 85 90 95 100 105 His achievement. Plan of poem. “Connspuez Dieu!” Apology for manner of poem. A chance for Tibet. Hopes. Iden- tity of poet. Attention drawn to my highly decora- tive cover.
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… and remains warm all day. 115 120 125 130 135 140 145 Live out thy life ! Charac- ter of Balti. His religious sincerity. Re- lations of poet and the Egyp- tian God of Wisdom. Crowley dis- missed with a jest.
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…has brought : * “Who’s Griffiths ? The safe man.” A well-known advertisment, hence “Who’s Griffiths” = safe. Slowness of Divine Justice. Poet pockets Piety Stakes. National An- them of Natal. But this talk is all indigestion. Now for health. Reasons for undertaking the task. 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185