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1910 · PDF PAGE 75

Ambergris

…to dream Or pass in peace Lethean adown the grey Lethean stream. So deep the sense of beauty, and so keen ! The calm abiding holiness of love Reigns ; and so fallen from the heights above Immeasurable, the influence unseen Of music and of spiritual fire, That the soul sleeps, forgotten of desire, Only remembering its God-like birth Reflected in the deity of earth, Becometh even as God. The pensive period Of night and day beats like a waving fan No more, no more ; the years, Reft of their joys and fears, Pass like pale faces, leave the life of m…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…y thee, most beautiful of pilots, Where never mortal pinnace glided, The boat of my desire is guided; Realms where the air we breathe is love, Which in the winds and on the waves doth move, Harmonising this earth with what we feel above. We have past Age’s icy caves, And Manhood’sdark and tossing waves, And Youth’s smooth ocean, smiling to betray: Beyond the glassy gulphs we flee * Romance in D : Beethoven. 89

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1911 · PDF PAGE 267

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…y thee, most beautiful of pilots, Where never mortal pinnace glided, The boat of my desire is guided; Realms where the air we breathe is love, Which in the winds and on the waves doth move, Harmonising this earth with what we feel above. We have past Age’s icy caves, And Manhood’sdark and tossing waves, And Youth’s smooth ocean, smiling to betray: Beyond the glassy gulphs we flee * Romance in D : Beethoven. 89

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1919 · PDF PAGE 77

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…ple sails was a golden woman, an image of Asi wrought in finest gold. Also the river was of blood, and the boat of shining steel. Then I loved her; and, loosing my girdle, cast myself into the stream. 8. I gathered myself into the little boat, and for many days and nights did I love her, burning beautiful incense before her. g. Yea! I gave her of the flower of my youth. 71

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1919 · PDF PAGE 276

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…nterplay of which things weave the dance of the Veil of Life upon the Face of the Spirit, let there be Harmony and Beauty in your mystic loves, that in us may be health and wealth and strength and divine pleasure according to the Law of Lib- erty; let each pursue his Will as a strong man that rejoiceth in his way, as the course of a Star that blazeth for ever among the joyous company of Heaven. THE PrEopLe. So mote it be. (BIRTH) Tue Deacon. Be the hour auspicious, and the gate of life open in peace and in well-being, so that she that beareth c…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 50

Collected Works (Vol. II)

… surround his path; but keepeth Steady all his will to one endeavour, Till the light, the might, the joy, the sorrow, Life and death and love and hate are broken : Work effaces work, avails the worker. Strength, speed, ardour, courage and endur- ance (Needed never more) depart for ever. All dissolves, an unsubstantial phantom, Ghost of morning seen before the sunrise, Ghost of daylight seen beyond the sunset. All hath past beyond the soul’s delusion. All hath changéd to the ever changeless. Name and form in nameless and in formless Vanish, vani…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 101

The Soul of Osiris

… break of rose and gold, Where Heaven’s petals in the East unfold The awful flower of morning : for the folk Bound in one single patient love, a yoke Too light for fairy fingers to have woven, Too strong for mere archangels to have cloven With adamantine blades from the armoury Of the amazing forges of the sea : The folk that follow with undaunted mein The utmost beauty that their eyes have seen— O patient sufferers ! yet your storm-scarred brows Burn with the star of majesty : your vows Have given you the wisdom and the power To weld eternitie…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 308

The Star in the West

THE NEW WINE 301 Let human thought itself expand Bright Sun of Knowledge , in me rise ! Lead me to those exalted skies To live and love and understand ! Paying no price , accepting nought The Giver and the Gift are one With the Receiver -O thou Sun Of thought , of bliss transcending thought , Rise where division dies ! Absorb In glory of the glowing orb Self and its shadow ! 1 And , Within the charméd space is nought Possible unto thought . There in their equilibrium They float —how still , how numb ! There must they rest , there will they stay…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 56

Ambergris

… : beneath the deadly deep ! Infinite rings of luminous ether move At first amid the blackness that I seek : Infinite motion and amazing love Deaden the lustre of the night. I speak The cry of silence, that is heard unspoken ; That, being heard, rings evermore unbroken. Silence, deep silence. Not a shudder stirs The vast demesne of unforgetful space, No comet’s lunatic rush ; no meteor whirs, No star dares breathe, no planet knows his place In that supreme unquiet quietude. I am the master of my own deep mood. I am the master. Yea, no doubt I r…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 72

The Scented Garden

…em- bers is ceaseless as the jackal’s ! Nay ! But come to me, Habib ! I will cherish thee as my life ; I will take thee in my garden and love thee ever as of old. El Qahar will make new songs for thee, till thy fame standeth for ever among men, as the sun standeth in the sky, not to be denied.6 So sayeth El Qahar. 1. Often the case in Persia. 2. Often the case in Persia. 3. Karenian — proverbial expression. (Write this up fully). (Major Lutiy did not live long enough to accomplish this intention and we cannot trace the phrase. Possibly it is mo…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 109

Mortadello

…ll the day after suit your highness ? Then we’ll dine With but her light to shoot its silver through the wine. MORTADELLO. Her light and love’s ! My friend, I feared that we should fight : But—look toward the end ! fate sets us all to right. Deserve as you’ve deserved till now, and you may be The greatest man that’s served in Venice after me. ALESSANDRO. My lord, you are too good. At first I did not know you. But now I’ve understood the service we all owe you. MORTADELLO. Well, shall we go to the boat ? ALESSANDRO. At my lord’s service, I. MORT…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 325

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…Altar?חבזמ The layingeby, making secret?אןבהמ [Vide not 499]?םיבהא [VideK,D, Lox. p. 69,] An?ןזא ear Night Demon of is1 Dec. 1?!גאד יליה Love, kindness, grace; notarlqon l"? of Chokmah Nesethrah, the? Secret Wisdom? My strength, power, might Ruler of Water?רהילט Angel of 6 s. "?לאז Angel of 3 P.?,ריתהל [Vide KD. L.C.K. p. 69]?הב Brethren [Referred ιο Lilith?םיחא &Sallnael—KrDr L.CrK. p- 54] Heathen?םיוג A wall?המוה Mensa-uata?,דרנ Tried by fire ; a watch-tower ïn: Excellence, sublimity, glory,?ןואנ pride Constitution, tradition?הבלה To behold?הב…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 325

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…Altar?חבזמ The layingeby, making secret?אןבהמ [Vide not 499]?םיבהא [VideK,D, Lox. p. 69,] An?ןזא ear Night Demon of is1 Dec. 1?!גאד יליה Love, kindness, grace; notarlqon l"? of Chokmah Nesethrah, the? Secret Wisdom? My strength, power, might Ruler of Water?רהילט Angel of 6 s. "?לאז Angel of 3 P.?,ריתהל [Vide KD. L.C.K. p. 69]?הב Brethren [Referred ιο Lilith?םיחא &Sallnael—KrDr L.CrK. p- 54] Heathen?םיוג A wall?המוה Mensa-uata?,דרנ Tried by fire ; a watch-tower ïn: Excellence, sublimity, glory,?ןואנ pride Constitution, tradition?הבלה To behold?הב…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 268

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…ory of her hair And light shed over from the crown thereof, Wonderful eyes less passionate than Peace That wept! That weot! O mystery of Love! Clasping my hands upon the-scarlet rose That flamed upon my bosom, the keen thorns Pierced me and slew! My spirit was with- drawn Into Her godhead, and my soul made One With the Great Sorrow of the Universe, The Love of Isis! Then I fell away Into some old mysterious abyss Rolling between the heights of starry space ; Flaming above, beyond the Tomb of Time, Blending the darkness into the profound Chasms …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 32

Clouds Without Water

…lf alone perceiving the keen cold Barred by the bleak ice of society ¥ P . ; ; Sword at your heart, the speechless malison From even the lover's glance, the lover's greeting. ; , That trembled on your tongue, the while it trolled The intonation that means ecstasy !) . . Its senseless clamour of necessary wit One ray of saddest gladness lit the dusk: TM ; And woke the senseless necessary laughter This — that I saw you pale and suffering, . yess . . The senseless necessary reply to it A goddess armed with myrrh instead of musk, yey ao: The long s…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 112

John St. John

… Thy Light illumine the Path of that darkling wight John St. John, that being who, separate from Thee, is separate from all Light, Life, Love. Adonai! Adonai! let it be written of 0. M. that " the Lord Adonai is about him like a thunderbolt and like a Pylon and like a Serpent and like a Phallus—and in the midst thereof like the Woman that jetteth the Milk

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1912 · PDF PAGE 114

Mortadello

…dy beside him.] Here’s to your eyes, my dove ! [All appear startled and shocked. 2ND MASK. Take care, my lord, I hope You will not allow love to make you slight the Pope ! 1ST MASK. Then drink his Holiness, and get the business done. 2ND MASK. A pretty sort of mess you have just missed, my son ! LORENZO. Oh here’s the good old Pope, long may he live and reign ! And when he dies, I hope he may rise again. [All but MORTADELLO drink saying “ The Pope.” 2ND MASK. Easy, lad, easy. But, my lord, you do not drink ! MORTADELLO. It seems I’m bound to sh…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 72

Collected Works (Vol. I)

JEPHTHAH 05 The splendid forehead, crowned with Love and Light, Flames in the starry air : the fallen minions Droplike lost souls through horrid emptinesses To their own black unfathomable abysses ! Now Freedom, flower and star and wind and wave And spirit of the unimagined fire, Begotten on the dishonourable grave Of fallen tyranny, may seek her sire In the pure soul. of Man, her lips may lave In the pure waters of her soul’s desire, Truth: and deep eyes behold thine eyes as deep, Fresh lips kiss thine that kissed her soul from sleep. See Ital…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 17

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…craft the uxorious land? Christ, who lived, died, and lived, that man might be Tameless and tranquil as the summer sea, That laughs with love of the broad skies of noon, And dreams of lazy kissings of the moon, But listens for the summons of the wind, Shakes its white mane, and hurls its fury blind Against oppression, gathers its steep side, Rears as a springing tiger, flings its tide Tremendous on the barriers, smites the sand, And gluts its hunger on the breaking land ; Engulphing waters fall and overwhelm :— Christ, who stood dauntless at th…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 47

In Residence

… law of betting is that you mayn’t bet on a certainty) so perfectly convinced by this time are all wise men that the score of life is at Love-all. So we twain will sing together ;— Spring regilds her coronet; Summer comes and don’t go neither, [This line is neither grammar nor rhyme, I'm afraid ; it’s my mistake entirely, I took a perfectly absurd word to begin with, and after getting as far as this it would be a pity to turn back; the rhymes’ll get worse for certain, so don’t be surprised if they do, but I haven’t lost hope of sticking to gram…

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