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1917 · PDF PAGE 3

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

ALEISTER CROWLEY The Neophyte SIGHT I tread the unsubstantial way ‘That looms before me, as the thundering night Falls on the ocean : I must stop, and pray One little prayer, and then—what bitter fight Flames at the end beyond the darkling goal ? “These are my passions that my feet must tread; ‘This is my sword, the fervour of my soul ; ‘This is my Will, the crown upon my head. For see! the darkness beckons : I have gone, Before this terrible hour, towards the gloom, Braved the wild dragon, called the tiger on With whirling cries of pride, soug…

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1917 · PDF PAGE 4

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…of this same Path of the wise men : for my soul is blind Yee: and the foemen I have never feared could not see (if such should cross the way), ‘And therefore I am strange: my soul is scared With desolation of the Blinding day Tiare ome oo rom ye that fearful ihe Was not the Sun: my life has been the death, ‘This death may be the life: my spirit sight Knows that at last, at least. My doubtful breath Is breathing in a nobler air; I know, Tinowit in my soul, despite of thi ‘The clinging darkness of the Long Ago, Cruel as death, and closer than a k…

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