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1928 · PDF PAGE 72

Little Poems in Prose

XXI THE TEMPTATIONS: OR, LOVE, RICHES AND GLORY TWO superb Satans and a She-Devil not less remarkable than they, last night climbed the mysterious staircase by which Hell emerges to assault the weakness of a sleeping man, and secretly communicates with him. In their glory they came as it were erect upon a platform and stood in front of me. A sulphur- ous splendour emanated from these three mighty Beings, cutting them from the thick darkness of the night. So proud and so master- ful was their manner that at first I took them to be indeed gods. T…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 69

The Law is for All

…ne day be the only thing left to observe; just as a wart on the nose is remembered when the rest of the face is forgotten. The object of Love must therefore be one with the lover in something more than the Will to unite magnetically; it must be in passionate partnership with the Will of which the Will-to-love is only the Magical symbol. Perhaps no two wills can be identical, but at least they can be so sympathetic that the manifestations are not likely to clash. It is not enough to have a partner of the pas­ sive type who bleats “Thy will be do…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 214

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…d difference Of all eternal things are passed away: The universe is One: One Soul, One Spirit, One Flame, One infinite God, One infinite Love.

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1899 · PDF PAGE 39

Tale of Archais

… hands the emerald water gripped. Long had he struggled (for Poseidon’s hand Heaped foam against him) toward the seemly strand, But that Love’s Mother, journeying from Rome, Passed in her car the swimmer, while her home Scarce yet was glimmering o’er the waste wide sea, Against whose wrath he strove so silently ; Whom now beholding, checked her eager team, Dipped to the foam from which she sprang, whose gleam Bore the sweet mirage of her eyes, and bent

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1913 · PDF PAGE 29

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…isery demands her lawful toll Of inexpressive words , which I must pay , I set my hands towards you through the gloom , I set my painful love against the beat Of my blood 's fountain , set aside the throng Of devils , bid your presence fill the room , I cry to you , and call your shadow sweet , I make your name the tenour of my song , Thoralis , Thoralis , Thoralis —

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1930 · PDF PAGE 96

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

…e, because the end is One, so are they One because the method is One, even the method of turning the mind toward the particular Deity by love in every act. And lest thy twine slip, here is a little cord that wrappeth tighdy round and round ail, even the Mantram or Continuous Prayer. 24. Concerning the Aîantram or Continuous Prayer. — Let the Philosophus weave the Name of the particular Deity into a sentence short and rhythmical, as, for Artémis: èttsXGgv, èTusXOov, ApT£fJuç ; or, for Shiva : Namo Shivaya namaha Aum 3 or, for Mary 3 Ave Maria3 o…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 51

The Soul of Osiris

…to tune our delight. Slow feet are our measures that move ; Swift songs are more soft than the breeze ; Our mouths are made mute for our love ; Our eyes are made soft as the dove ; We mingle and move as the seas. The light of the passionate dawn That kissed us, and would not awaken, Grew golden and bold on the lawn, The rays of the sun are withdrawn At last, and the blossoms are shaken. I

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1910 · PDF PAGE 19

Ambergris

…IS This message of good hope, good trust, good fate, And good estate : Work on, hope ever, let your faith be built Of gold ungilt ; Your love exceed the starry vault for height, The heaven for might ; Your faith wax firmer than a ship at sleep On the grey deep, Anchored in some most certain anchorage From ocean’s rage ; Your patience stand when mountains shake and quail Before the gale Of God’s great tribulation. Make thee sure Thou canst endure ! And work, work ever, sleep not, gird thy head With garlands red Of blood from swollen veins forced…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 141

Ambergris

…! in red roar and flame Did Zeus descend ! What claim To feel the immortal fire had then the Theban dame ! Caught in that fiery wave Her love and life she gave With one last kissing cry the unborn child to save. And thou, O Zeus, the sire Of Bromius—hunter dire !— Didst snatch the unborn babe from that Olympian fire : In thine own thigh most holy That offspring melancholy Didst hide, didst feed, on light, ambrosia, and moly. Ay ! and with serpent hair And limbs divinely fair Didst thou, Dionysus, leap forth to the nectar air ! Ay ! thus the dre…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 387

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…a story of Evan Weir’s wooing, and a very strenuous and original pursuit it proved. In fact the lady of his choice so far dissembled her love, as frequently to threaten his further existence. At the time, Evan was acting as secretary to old Simeon Deaves, famed as the possessor of the “ tightest wad” in New York. Now certain individuals had designs upon old Simeon and his hoard, and amongst them was the forcible and beautiful object of Evan’s affections. Like The Owl Taxis, it goes with a splendid snap, and is packed with exciting and humorous …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 35

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ight, I was at school, sir, at Kternity moulded In form of your kiss! That were the rest Sir PERCY. I have sought for, the bliss O but I love you! T have ached to obtain :— There is none above you, Ah?! it was pain! Not God! I renounce Thee, O maker! Dissolve, Moy. Ye hopes of delusion ! Ay! sir, but can you love me? Me, poor Mage, I will trounce thee! girl!

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1929 · PDF PAGE 55

Moonchild

…" "That it may aid me in the accomplishment of the Great Work." At this word all rose, and chanted solemnly in chorus, "So mote it be." "Love is the law, love under will," said Sister Cybele softly, and sat down. "Of course it's a most absurd superstition," remarked Morningside to Simon Iff, "to think that Food [79] sustains the body. It is sleep that does that. Food merely renews the tissues. "I agree entirely," said Cyril, before Iff could answer, "and I am about to renew my tissues to the extent of a dozen of these excellent Cherbourg prawns…

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1996 · PDF PAGE 92

The Law is for All

…e Book Aleph must be consulted for a full demonstration of this truth. We may here say briefly that Hadit is Motion, that is, Change or “Love.” The symbol of Godhead in Egypt was the ankh, which is a sandal­ strap, implying the Power to Go; and it suggests the Rosy Cross, the Fulfilment of Love, by its shape. The Wheel and the Circle are evidently symbols of Nuit; this sentence insists upon the conception of liriga-yoni. But beyond the obvious relation, we observe two geometrical definitions. The axle is a cylinder set perpendicularly to the pl…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 65

Jephthah

… cold and keen, Cleft and stricken in between By the joy our bosoms shared ; Would to God we had not been, We, who see our maiden queen, Love has slain whom hate had spared. Sorrow for our sister sways All our maiden bosoms, bared To the dying vesper rays, Where the sun below the bays Of the West is stooping ; All our hearts together drooping,

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1902 · PDF PAGE 114

Tannhäuser

…ave. Your words are terrible ! We knew them true Even while you sang. But see ! the light of day ! Beauty in all things and—for you—true love ! I 12

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1905 · PDF PAGE 104

Oracles

… : with wingèd imagery That Hermes gathers with that floral gold Whose triple flower or flame or pinioned light Lends life to death, and love and colour unto light. How flames that scarlet stronger than Apollo, Too swift and warm to know itself a bird ! How the light winds and waves of moonlight follow, Shot from the West, cadence of Daylight’s word ! 99

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1907 · PDF PAGE 57

Rodin in Rime

…ve made Hell! Then would He stand forgiven—nay! acquitted! I, as I look on this tight coil of bliss, Swift clasp of Rodin’s magical mind love-witted, See all creation fade; abide, one kiss. Then to my own soul’s bow this shaft be fitted; Thank God for all, seeing that all is this! 33 F

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1910 · PDF PAGE 11

The Winged Beetle

…g period When the amethyst lustre of your eyes dissolves The veil that hides your naked splendour From these infirm resolves And halting loves of your poor poet’s soul With radiance mild and tender, So that I see awhile the golden goal ! Yea ! all your light involves Me, me tenebrous, me too cold and base Ever to kindle to the maiden face (Three years my wife, three years of me unwon !) That would be mine, be mine, Were I but man enough To endure the rapture of that sudden sun The knowledge of your love, The assumption of me into that sweet shr…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…cold reluctant girl’s. Jaja’ hath woven the web of God From threads of lust and laughter spun. In heaven the rose is worth the rod ; And love as water, One. 47

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1911 · PDF PAGE 55

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…cold reluctant girl’s. Jaja’ hath woven the web of God From threads of lust and laughter spun. In heaven the rose is worth the rod ; And love as water, One. 47

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