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Page 163 of 1961906 · PDF PAGE 167
…y stays. One ageless anguish filled my days So that no item, like a star Sole in the supreme night, above Stands up for hope, or joy, or love. Nay, not one ignis fatuus glides Sole in that marsh, one agony To make the rest look light. Abides The thick sepulchral changeless shape Shapeless, continuous misery Whereof no smoke-wreaths might escape To show me whither lay the end, Whence the beginning. All is black, Void of all cause, all aim ; unkenned, As if I had been dead indeed— All in Christ's name! And I look back, And then and long time afte…
1907 · PDF PAGE 182
… out before us in his following ethical philosophy . “ To behold sin in its naked Deformity , is the most certain method to oblige us to love Virtue ,” such is to be read in the prefatory note of a curious little volume to be found in the British Museum library under the attractive title of “ The prostitution of Quality or Adultery à- la- mode ." It was through the Garter that in the end the Star was seen , in other words it was through the intimate knowledge of the lewd , bad and vicious , that the tender weeping heart was discovered ; the rou…
1913 · PDF PAGE 597
…onicle Arundel del Re REVIEWS The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse—The Poetical Works of George Meredith— Poems New and Old: Henry Newbolt—Love-Poems and Others: D, H. Lawrence— The Venturers: Vivian Locke Ellis—Lyrics: Lady Margaret Sackville—A Boy's Will: Robert Frost—Death and the Princess: Frances Cornford—Songs of Alban: E. S. Lorimer—Narcissus: Edward Storer—The Book of Lies: Frater Perdurabo—The Agate Lamp: Eva Gore-Booth—Agnus Dei: Nancy Campbell. A LIST OF RECENT BOOKS [Annotated] {| Poetry and Drama is published at the Poetry Bookshop, …
1913 · PDF PAGE 597
…onicle Arundel del Re REVIEWS The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse—The Poetical Works of George Meredith— Poems New and Old: Henry Newbolt—Love-Poems and Others: D, H. Lawrence— The Venturers: Vivian Locke Ellis—Lyrics: Lady Margaret Sackville—A Boy's Will: Robert Frost—Death and the Princess: Frances Cornford—Songs of Alban: E. S. Lorimer—Narcissus: Edward Storer—The Book of Lies: Frater Perdurabo—The Agate Lamp: Eva Gore-Booth—Agnus Dei: Nancy Campbell. A LIST OF RECENT BOOKS [Annotated] {| Poetry and Drama is published at the Poetry Bookshop, …
1922 · PDF PAGE 196
…orribly with the pin-point pupils of his sightless eyes. He began with romantic sadness, changing to demoniac glee. | “She was incarnate love In the hours when I first awoke her. Little by little I found The truth of her, stripped of clothing, Bitter beyond all bound, Leprous beyond all loathing.” We shouted with delight, and fell into a fit of hysterical laughter. We came out of it completely exhausted. I must have slept for a while. | When I woke he was sitting at the table under the yellow gas jet, reading the books he had bought. Somehow, t…
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
…y stays. One ageless anguish filled my days So that no item, like a star Sole in the supreme night, above Stands up for hope, or joy, or love. Nay, not one ignis fatuus glides Sole in that marsh, one agony To make the rest look light. Abides The thick sepulchral changeless shape Shapeless, continuous misery Whereof no smoke-wreaths might escape To show me whither lay the end, Whence the beginning. All is black, Void of all cause, all aim ; unkenned, As if I had been dead indeed— All in Christ’s name ! And I look back, And then and long time aft…
1904 · PDF PAGE 39
… these pages Millions together—mighty sages Whom the least obstacle enrages ? Condemn the mystic if he prove Thinking less valuable than love ? Well, let them try their various plans ! Do they resolve that doubt of man’s ? How many are Hegelians ? This, though I hold him mostly true. But, to teach others that same view ? Surely long years develop reason.45 After long years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, But c…
1912 · PDF PAGE 113
…, ushered by SERVANT. Dr. F. Well, here you are, Jane. How splendid you’re looking to-day. Fit as fit, eh ? Jane. It's this weather. I do love the snow. I‘m as happy as happy; every fibre of my being quivers with joy. How do you do, Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always get his opinion; and then we're sure to err on the…
1912 · PDF PAGE 113
…, ushered by SERVANT. Dr. F. Well, here you are, Jane. How splendid you’re looking to-day. Fit as fit, eh ? Jane. It's this weather. I do love the snow. I‘m as happy as happy; every fibre of my being quivers with joy. How do you do, Mrs. Roberts? Mrs. B. I'm so glad to see you. I'm so sorry to see you. Jane. Oh, it's nothing. Dr. Fielding tells me it's sure to be all right. Dr. Bob—oh, I mean Dr. RobertsAwill say the very worst he can, and then we’ve got to hope for the best. Dr. F. Yes. I always get his opinion; and then we're sure to err on the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 54
…0. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou 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 …
1913 · PDF PAGE 54
…0. Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 41. The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou 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 …
1904 · PDF PAGE 26
…! He elegantly disengaged himself from my back, leaving me to withdraw a weary and sodden stern- post from the accommodating gentlemans love- passage of the affectionate goat (whom I will wager my readers have forgotten, for I very nearly did). The archbishop cleared his throat and began thus. The first real scene of passion that I ever saw was in this fashion. I had been left alone in the house one day ; and, weary of confinement, I determined to stroll into the street. Not far had I gone before my attention was attracted by a small galvani…
1913 · PDF PAGE 577
…ing in the world, and that is sin and folly. Since we are delivered, let us laugh and shout for joy, for we are saved, and all those who loved us in their lives rejoice in heaven! We all bear within ourselves a principle of death and a principle of immortality. Death is the beast, and the beast produces always bestial stupidity. God does not love fools, for his divine spirit is called the spirit of intelligence. Stupidity expiates itself by suffering and slavery. The stick is made for beasts. Suffering is always a warning. So much the worse for…
1913 · PDF PAGE 577
…ing in the world, and that is sin and folly. Since we are delivered, let us laugh and shout for joy, for we are saved, and all those who loved us in their lives rejoice in heaven! We all bear within ourselves a principle of death and a principle of immortality. Death is the beast, and the beast produces always bestial stupidity. God does not love fools, for his divine spirit is called the spirit of intelligence. Stupidity expiates itself by suffering and slavery. The stick is made for beasts. Suffering is always a warning. So much the worse for…
1929 · PDF PAGE 30
…rust myself to prepare Chloride of Nitrogen in sufficient quantity. . . . VI Arthur became listless and indifferent. The perfec- tion of love that had been our marriage failed without warning, and yet by imperceptible gradations. My awakening to the fact was, however, altogether sudden. It was one summer evening; we were paddling on the Cam. One of Arthur's pupils, also in a Canadian canoe, challenged us to race. At Magdalen Bridge we
1906 · PDF PAGE 187
… And all earth’s wine may run to waste ! For by this very means Christ gained * His glimpse into that world above Which he denominated ‘ Love.” Indeed I think the man attained By some such means—lI have not strained Out mind by chance of sense or sex To find a way less iron-brained Determining direction x ,;* I know not if these Hindu methods Be best (‘tis no such life and death odds, Since suffering souls to save or damn Never existed). So I fall Confessing : Well, perchance I am Myself a Christian after all ! So far at least. I must concede W…
1907 · PDF PAGE 169
…he Christian God . So to the agony dirges of despair Man cleft the womb , and shook the icy air With bitter cries for light and life and love . But these , begotten of the world above , Withdrew their glory , and the iron world Rolled on its cruel way , and passion furled Its pure wings , and abased itself , and bore Fetters impure , and stopped , and was no more . But resurrection's ghastly power grew strong , And Lust was born , adulterous with Wrong , The Child of Lies ; so man was blinded still , Garnered the harvest of abortive ill, For wh…
1910 · PDF PAGE 338
…outh’s warm tribute came indeed to me, and I was shut from seeing with the close lips of men beating time to the superb madness of their love music with rhythmic kisses. And I saw—O what I saw!—mountains that bowed to her, and stringed necklaces of stars that flashed in ecstasy on Eternity’s bosom from the very sight of her. Seas over which she passed on a sensuous errand as live and tremulous as the heave of their own great hearts—heaves that are the world’s sighs for the little brood that teases it, and festers the green and waving glory of i…
1910 · PDF PAGE 338
…outh’s warm tribute came indeed to me, and I was shut from seeing with the close lips of men beating time to the superb madness of their love music with rhythmic kisses. And I saw—O what I saw!—mountains that bowed to her, and stringed necklaces of stars that flashed in ecstasy on Eternity’s bosom from the very sight of her. Seas over which she passed on a sensuous errand as live and tremulous as the heave of their own great hearts—heaves that are the world’s sighs for the little brood that teases it, and festers the green and waving glory of i…
1904 · PDF PAGE 7
…rs beginning : Hail to the f . . ting lips of an open Athenian a . . . He it was who capped the hexameter in St. James : Husbands ! Love your wives and be not bitter against them ! with Husbands ! F . . . them often, or surely some- body else will ! A few examples of his quaint, often recondite, wit will delight all who hear. [3]