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Page 105 of 1201905 · PDF PAGE 223
…: ‘‘Lords of this globe, the Saxon race, are we. ‘* Europe before us lies, as men lied .; “ Britannia—ho! Britannia rules the sea!” This night thy kingdom shall be finished, Thy soul required of thee. Hail! France ! rebelled Against the alien, and the golden yoke ;! Because thy justice lives and reigns, un- quelled, Unbribed ;? because thy head above the smoke Soars, eagle! Tribulation hath not felled Thy freedom’s ancient oak ! Because thy freedom hath Therefore, this message of the Gods to thee ! ‘ What banner floats above thy bastions? The o…
1906 · PDF PAGE 24
…ied Jesus. He did well. GLOIRE ET LOUANGE, GLoRY and praise to thee, O Satan, in the height Of Heaven, where thou didst rule, and in the night Of Hell, where conquered, dost dream silently ! Grant that one day my soul ’neath Know- ledge-Tree Rest near thine own soul, when from thy forehead Like a new temple all its branches spread. THE FOUNT OF BI.OOD. SOMETIMES-I think my blood in waves ap- pears, Springs as a fount with music in its tears ; I hear it trickling with long murmuring sound, But search myself in vain to find the wound. Across the …
1912 · PDF PAGE 6
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT xxv, Upon the Pacific Ocean, he, thinking that It is not-Self, throweth himself into the sea. But the Beast setteth him ashore. xxvi. Rowed by Kanakas to Japan, he praiseth the stability of Fuji-Yama. But, an earthquake arising, the pilgrims are swallowed up. xxvii. Upon the Yang-tze-kiang he contemplateth immortal change. Yet, perceiving that the changes themselves constitute stability, he is again baulked, and biddeth his men bear him to Egypt. xxviii. In an Egyptian temple he hath performed the Bloody Sacrif…
1905 · PDF PAGE 51
…herds built Who sought his land and spilt Blood of ten million slaves to conquer it.! Clad in sparse robes of white The mountain beckons Night Her tracery of azure with the cold moon-rays to knit. 1 The reference isto the ‘‘ Shepherd Kings” of Abydos, who, says one theory, built Ghizeh. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT Armoured with secret might [ stand on earth upright, Strong in the power of Ilim who welded ‘arth, Barred in the sky with steel, And breathed upon the wheel Of this vast scheme of stars, and made Him mirth In the poor dreams of us Who strive …
1907 · PDF PAGE 151
…ons, to these Fleet-footed, the strings of the lyre ! forth ! I invoke ye—and cease. VOL. III. Come O hours of the day, And hours of the night, Pause now while ye may In your heavenly flight ! Give answer and say, Have I called ye aright? Are the strings of my lyre as fire, the voice of my singing as light? THE Hours. Darkness and daylight in divided measure Gather as petals of the sunflower, In many seasons seek the lotus-treasure, Following as dancing maidens, mute for pleasure, The fervent flying footsteps of the Hour. The sun looks over the…
1929 · PDF PAGE 214
…e pious person that informs them of the wickedness of smoking, and eating meat, and drinking beer, and being out after eleven o'clock at night, and kissing a girl, and reading novels, and playing cards, and going to the theatre, and whistling on the Sabbath!" "I hope you're right. You're old, which tends, I suppose, to make you optimistic. In my young ears there always rings the scream of terror of the slave when you offer to strike off his fetters." "All Europe will be scream and stench for years to come. But the new generation will fear neith…
1929 · PDF PAGE 326
…ntrol! I pray thee keep the holy tryst. Within this ring of Amethyst. For on mine eyes the golden Sun ....Hath dawned; my vigil slew the Night. I saw the image of the One: ....I came from darkness into Light. I pray Thee keep the holy tryst Within this ring of Amethyst. I.N.R.I. --- me crucified, ....Me slain, interred, arisen, inspire! T.A.R.O. --- me glorified,
1929 · PDF PAGE 193
…look [272] on Hecate, and remain sane. The proper conjurations of Hecate are curses against all renewal of life; her sacrament is deadly night-shade or henbane, and her due offering a black lamb torn ere its birth from a black ewe. This, with sardonic subter-thought, pleasing to Hecate, the sorcerer promised her as she made her presence felt; whether they could have seen anything if they had dared to look, who can say? But through the cellar moved an icy sensation, as if some presence had indeed been called forth by the words and rites spoken a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 308
…at this is eloquent testimony of their sense of his power. They appealed to Maximus, who delivered over Martin bound to them. But in the night Maximus sent for Martin, argued, coaxed, persuaded him to compromise. The schism would be great, he persisted, if Martin continued to exasperate the Ithacans. Martin said he had nothing to do with persecutors. In wrath the Emperor let him go, and gave orders to the Tribunes to depart to Spain and carry out a rigorous Inquisition. Then Martin returned to Maximus and bargained. Let this order be revoked, a…
1913 · PDF PAGE 308
…at this is eloquent testimony of their sense of his power. They appealed to Maximus, who delivered over Martin bound to them. But in the night Maximus sent for Martin, argued, coaxed, persuaded him to compromise. The schism would be great, he persisted, if Martin continued to exasperate the Ithacans. Martin said he had nothing to do with persecutors. In wrath the Emperor let him go, and gave orders to the Tribunes to depart to Spain and carry out a rigorous Inquisition. Then Martin returned to Maximus and bargained. Let this order be revoked, a…
1910 · PDF PAGE 375
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT xxv, Upon the Pacific Ocean, he, thinking that It is not-Self, throweth himself into the sea. But the Beast setteth him ashore. xxvi. Rowed by Kanakas to Japan, he praiseth the stability of Fuji-Yama. But, an earthquake arising, the pilgrims are swallowed up. xxvii. Upon the Yang-tze-kiang he contemplateth immortal change. Yet, perceiving that the changes themselves constitute stability, he is again baulked, and biddeth his men bear him to Egypt. xxviii. In an Egyptian temple he hath performed the Bloody Sacrif…
1910 · PDF PAGE 375
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT xxv, Upon the Pacific Ocean, he, thinking that It is not-Self, throweth himself into the sea. But the Beast setteth him ashore. xxvi. Rowed by Kanakas to Japan, he praiseth the stability of Fuji-Yama. But, an earthquake arising, the pilgrims are swallowed up. xxvii. Upon the Yang-tze-kiang he contemplateth immortal change. Yet, perceiving that the changes themselves constitute stability, he is again baulked, and biddeth his men bear him to Egypt. xxviii. In an Egyptian temple he hath performed the Bloody Sacrif…
1929 · PDF PAGE 168
… a toy; a means of exercising his passion for torture; to her, he was the man she loved. Pitifully she pleaded that the cold rain of the night — she was wet through — had driven all Paris from the boulevard to the cafe; and she added an excuse for her unattractiveness which should have sent her husband to his pistol for very shame had a spark of manhood, or a memory of his mother, been alive within him. Instead, he promised to change all that the next time Dr. Balloch came to Paris. He had systematically degraded and humiliated her, corrupted h…
1905 · PDF PAGE 158
…Of my discrownéd forehead. I shall die Ifaving this proof of my own nobleness To soothe the rancour of my stricken soul In the abodes of night, that I have dared, With the first knowledge to make good my spirit Against its fate, to steel my flinching heart Against all men, dominions, shapes, and powers, Seen and unseen, to justice and to truth, Sought out by desolate ways of hateful deeds, And so set free myself from my own fate, Whom I will smite to end the coil of things Here, to begin—what life? lor Life I know Stands like a living sentinel …
1929 · PDF PAGE 173
…ze, that is, withdraw himself to a kind of life where money is no longer needed in such quantity, or he [244] may devote himself day and night to his business, and so increase his salary. But there is no third course open to a man of self-respect. The sorcerer type of man appeals to lower planes of money-making. He begins by gambling; beaten there, he resorts to the still viler means of embezzlement; perhaps, finally, he attempts to cover his thefts by murdering his mother for the insurance money. "Notice how, as his plane becomes debased, his …
1929 · PDF PAGE 180
… good manners. Cyril's most admirable patience tried her even more sorely. "Are you my lover or my grandfather?" she screamed at him one night, when he had been more than usually tactful. Had the matter rested there, it had been ill enough with her. But the mind of man is a strange instrument. "Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do" is a rattling good piece of psychology. Iliel had nothing to occupy her mind, because she had never trained herself to concentrate the current of her thoughts on one thing, and off all others. A passi…
1929 · PDF PAGE 224
…hree weeks of illness; and when she began to be able to move about, and drive in the city, she looked once more almost as she did on the night when Cyril first saw her, a gay, buxom, vigorous woman. The change cooled Abdul's ardour, and her own feelings altered with it. Her lover's sloppiness began to disgust her. As to the child, it was a source of irritation to both of them. Cremers, again, was hardly a boon companion; she would have depressed a hypochondriac going to the funeral of a beloved uncle who had left him nothing. Before Lisa had be…
1907 · PDF PAGE 153
…d_ frosty-footed Time Shoulders a lighter burden ; in the dale Some distant notes of lovely music climb, Thrown from the golden-throated night- ingale, Pale sobs of love and life With death and fear at strife, Fiercely beset and hardly conquering, When spring’s bright eyes at last Flash through the sullen past, And tune its pain to tears, its peace to sing. The earth's lips cling To the child’s bosom, and low smiles revive ; Love is new-born upon the golden hour, And all the life of all the exultant spring Breathes in the wind that wakes the wo…
1907 · PDF PAGE 198
…een ! Thy strong voice bewailed, Thy fair face was seen ! It flushed up and paled ; The song echoed clean— But alas! for the veil of the night and the fear that is ever between ! Of pity unfilled And void of remorse, He moves unappealed In the terrible course. But the lyre is unchilled :— By force unto force He shall answer me power unto power at the source of its source !
1929 · PDF PAGE 213
…dog, exactly like the crying of a child, is heard far off. GEORGE. All right. It's only that damned dog of M'Alister's. He does it every night. FENELLA. He sees the ghost of old Lord Lovat. GEORGE. Old Lord Lovat? FENELLA. Yes; they beheaded him after the '45. He rolls his head up and down the corridors. GEORGE Pleasant pastime! FENELLA. What else is a man to do? GEORGE. What's that tapping? (He stops to listen.) FENELLA. Go on! It's only the old woman.