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1911 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…raising his hands in blessing, he recites :] C.I.C4T. I bring ye wine from above, From the vats of the storied sun ; For every one of ye love, And life for every one. Ye shall dance on hill and level ; Ye shall sing in hollow and height, In the festal mystical revel, The rapturous Bacchanal rite ! The rocks and trees are yours, And the waters under the hill, By the might of that which endures, The holy heaven of will ! Ι kindle a flame like a torrent To rush from star to star; Your hair as a comet's horrent, Ye shall see things as they are! 41

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1911 · PDF PAGE 79

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…e! Speed hither through the enchanted air Our ladies, for our faith’s rewardl Would it not sharpen every sword And perfume every prayer? Love sharp as holly and pure as snow, And kisses Beneath the moon for mistletoe! SIR RAYMOND. Something ill sung, Jocelyn, and too sadly, forsoothl Here the hermits are foul and malicious. I would clear the land of them. SIR JAMES. Spies, every one. And enchanters to boot. SIR EUSTACHE. The maids are worse, to my mind. Think of the gallant Florimond, as tall a knight of his hands as ever swung sword or couched…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…raising his hands in blessing, he recites :] C.I.C4T. I bring ye wine from above, From the vats of the storied sun ; For every one of ye love, And life for every one. Ye shall dance on hill and level ; Ye shall sing in hollow and height, In the festal mystical revel, The rapturous Bacchanal rite ! The rocks and trees are yours, And the waters under the hill, By the might of that which endures, The holy heaven of will ! Ι kindle a flame like a torrent To rush from star to star; Your hair as a comet's horrent, Ye shall see things as they are! 41

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1912 · PDF PAGE 126

Mortadello

…my crystal cross up to the moon ! A guess of gold were at a loss to tell its tune. 6. After the first foot : Bow down to the cross ! His love purge thee : His Passion save thee ! Christ crown the work ! Here is the blessing that he gave thee ! 7. After the first and fifth feet : No news ! No word of Mortadello’s fate ! No hope. To bruise the head of the old snake, the State. No scope 8. After the first half foot and the second foot : Come, save me, save thy maiden ! Strike each barbèd dart Home to the grave convent and cloister of my heart, 9. …

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1928 · PDF PAGE 5

Little Poems in Prose

…ation of prose so musical, so subtle, so profound as that of Charles Baude- laire. For this task I have but the one qualifica- tion of a love so overmastering, so absorbing, that in spite of myself it claims for me a broth- erhood with him. Charles Baudelaire is incomparably the most divine, the most spiritually-minded, of all French thinkers. His hunger for the Infinite was so acute and so persistent that nothing earthly could content him even for a moment. He even made the mistake—if it be, after all, a mis- take!—of feeding on poison because…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 173

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…h it is one good deed wrought, | One kind word spoken, one immortal thought Born in thee, all is paid, the weary strife Grows victory. “ Love is all and Death is nought.”

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1899 · PDF PAGE 227

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…assion ; and no wind Turns our prow southward, till the canvas bear No more up into it, but still behind Follow like flame, and lead our love along Into the valleys of the ocean, blind, But seeing all the world awake with song Of many lyres and lutes and reeds of straw, And all the rivers musical that throng In bright assemblage of unchanging law, Like many flute-players; and seeing this, (That all the mountains looked upon and saw) The sweetness of the savour of a kiss, And all its perfume wafted to the sky. Nay, but no wind will drive our for…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 45

The Mother’s Tragedy

…rus, lest anger take benignancy From his left hand and smite thee with his strength. Thou hearest? Nay, thou pitiful old man, For I have loved thee. Yet my godhead must Get worship. Anger not the god, but stoop, My faithful priest, and worship at my feet. AMENHATEP. I am most miserable. But truth must leap In this tremendous moment from my lips, Its long-shut barrier. For I pity thee With my old heart’s whole pity. Thou art young, And beautiful, and proud, and dear to me, Whom I have served thy life through. Now that love Demands a deadlier ser…

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1902 · PDF PAGE 40

Tannhäuser

…h dainty violets in their dalliance, Laughing in chorus with the birds ; and then (Coming at harvest time upon my tracks) See these same lovers in the golden sheaves Under the sun. The same, the fuller fruit. Say you ? But somehow, nearer to the end. Lost the old sense of mystery, and lost That curious reverence in sacrilege With Wonder—the child's faculty ! Less joy, Less laughter, yes ! that symptom I approve ; Yet is that subtle fading-out of smiles Rather the coming of a dull despair. And not at all that keen despair, that sharp Maddening p…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 181

Oracles

…ry romance of Greece and its mythology, very suitable as a present for young people. “ ‘ The Tale of Archais ’ describes the meeting and love of Archais, daughter of Lamia, and Charicles, and the means by which, with Aphrodite’s aid, they eventually succeeded in averting the curse of Zeus. ‘ A Gentleman of the University of Cambridge ’ wields a powerful pen, and much of his work is exceedingly beautiful. Unfortunately, we are unable to quote at any length, through want of space. The two stanzas appended are from the song on page 19— ‘ Ere the g…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 73

Orpheus

…les are dumb beneath the heat, And all the world lies tranced or mutely dreaming, Save some low sigh caught up where pulses beat Of warm love waiting in the arboreal seat Till the shade lengthen on the lawn light-gleaming. Now all the birds change tune, and all the light Glows lowlier, musing on departed day. Strange wings and sombre, heralding the night, Fleet far across the woods; and gleaming bright The evening star looks from the orient way. Shadow and silence deepen: all the woods Take on a tenderer phrase of musical Breezes: the stream-so…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 7

Rosa Inferni

…d to tell me twice ! II OME Yankee yelled—I tag it to a rime— “ You can’t fool all the people all the time.” So he of politics ; so I of love. I am a-many folk (let Buddha prove !) And many a month you fooled the lot of us— Your spell is cracked within the ring ! Behold How Christ with clay worth more than any gold Cleared the man’s eyes ! So the blind amorous Is blinded with the horror of the truth He sees this moment. Foolish prostitute ! 2 S

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1909 · PDF PAGE 43

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1909 · PDF PAGE 9

The Holy Books

Wilt, depart! There is no bond that can unite the divided but love: all else is a curse. Accurséd! Accurséd! be it to the aeons! Hell! 42. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing. So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. 43. Do that, and no other shall say nay. 44. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect. 45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay, are none! 46. Nothing is a secret key of this law: sixty-one the Jews called it; I call it eight…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 284

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…, wet eyes. You shall be Mary now as well as Martha! The mystic quest is yours as well as mine, Dilucid: sacramentally, in fine, Victoria loved Albert: I love Arthur.” I shall now draw the Veil of Sanctimoniosity upon this touching scene. A. QUILLER, JR. 242

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1912 · PDF PAGE 284

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…, wet eyes. You shall be Mary now as well as Martha! The mystic quest is yours as well as mine, Dilucid: sacramentally, in fine, Victoria loved Albert: I love Arthur.” I shall now draw the Veil of Sanctimoniosity upon this touching scene. A. QUILLER, JR. 242

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1913 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ght! The gray night gathers, soft and cold, The old dead dreams, dead dreams of old,— The cold, gray, windy breath of time, The old dead loves, the unsung rime : Autumn, the pale, gray, crispéd star, Virginal, golden nenuphar, Folden upon itself to sleep, To sleep and die, to wake and weep Soft silver tears of old desire. O molten silver of my lyre, Transmute, transmute my autumn dream, Transmute the winding star-lit stream To the stream of olden grace and love; The earth beneath, the sky above ; And round the russet autumn’s chill The brown le…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 179

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ght! The gray night gathers, soft and cold, The old dead dreams, dead dreams of old,— The cold, gray, windy breath of time, The old dead loves, the unsung rime : Autumn, the pale, gray, crispéd star, Virginal, golden nenuphar, Folden upon itself to sleep, To sleep and die, to wake and weep Soft silver tears of old desire. O molten silver of my lyre, Transmute, transmute my autumn dream, Transmute the winding star-lit stream To the stream of olden grace and love; The earth beneath, the sky above ; And round the russet autumn’s chill The brown le…

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1919 · PDF PAGE 15

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…om and nature of the people. Christianity has destroyed the joyful celebrations, char- acterized by music, dancing, feasting, and making love; and has kept only the melancholy. The Law of Thelema offers a religion which fulfils all necessary conditions. The philosophy and metaphysics of Thelema are sound, and offer a solution of the deepest problems of humanity. The science of Thelema is orthodox; it has no false theo- ries of Nature, no false fables of the origin of things. The psychology and ethics of Thelema are perfect. It has destroyed the…

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1926 · PDF PAGE 21

Liber Al vel Legis

…e. 66. Write, and find ecstasy in writing! Work, and be our bed in working! Thrill with the joy of life and death! Ah! thy death shall be lovely: whoso seeth it shall be glad. Thy death shall be the seal of the promise of our agelong love. Come! lift up thine heart and, rejoice! We are one; we are none. 67. Hold! Hold! Bear up in thy rapture; fall not in swoon of the excellent kisses! 68. Harden! Hold up thyself! Lift thine head! breathe not so deep—die! 21

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