The Winged Beetle
…die for love ; we linger in the lusty fight ; We agonize ; our clutch becomes more cruel and more murderous ; My passion splashes out at last ; ah ! with what ecstasy I bite The red lips of the Octopus ! Amsterdam, Xmas 1897.
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…die for love ; we linger in the lusty fight ; We agonize ; our clutch becomes more cruel and more murderous ; My passion splashes out at last ; ah ! with what ecstasy I bite The red lips of the Octopus ! Amsterdam, Xmas 1897.
…Coins. Then, when thou know’st the Wheel of Destiny complete, may’st thou perceive THAT Will which moved it first. [There is no first or last.] And lo! thou art past through the Abyss. The Book of Lies KEΦ.OH.
…nd swollen And madness came upon me. MEDEA. You are here, Let that suffice. Jemember not ! The pleasant portals. CHORUS. Here is home at last. ORPHEUS. The sunset comes: the mist is lifted now To let the last kiss of the daylight fall Once ere night whisper. ‘‘ Sleep !” JASON. And see ! the ship Glides between walls of purple. MEDEA. The green land Cools the tired eyes. CHORUS. The rocks stand sentinel. MEDEA. Let still the song that saved us gladden us. Lift up thy lyre, sweet Orpheus, on the sea. ORPHEuS.,} Over a sea like stained glass At su…
…disdain. He was aware of the fact that his abuse became weaker and emptier with every outburst. He simply pulled himself together with a last effort of animosity toward the friend who could have saved us, and ordered him out of the house. He made himself more ridiculous by posing as an outraged husband. Lofty morality is the last refuge when one feels oneself to be hopelessly in the wrong. It was the first time I had ever known Peter play the hypocrite. His professions of propriety were simply the measure of his indignity. There was nothing for…
But the best thing in the book is the last quatrain of its epilogue: 6 Nowa stream to ford and a stile to clamber;. Last theinn, a book, and a quiet corner... Fresh as Spring, there kisses me on the forehead Sleep, like a sister.”” —The Academy, ‘©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 succeededin averting the curse of Zeus. ‘A Gentleman of the University of Cambridge’ wields a powerful pen, and much of his work is exceeding…
… the mysterious opening of Verse 46 demands attention and research! Can "the Forties" refer to the years '39 (e.v.) onward-will this war last till '49 (e.v.)? Can the "Eighties" be symbolic, as the decade in which universal peace seemed to nearly everybody as assured for an indefinite period? There are any number of other passages, equally warlike; but see II: 24. It is a warning against internecine conflict between the masters; see also III: 58, 59. Hitler might well quote these two reminders that the real danger is the revolt of the slave cla…
…th, Be cruel for the vampire thrust ! Let Sleep’s desire be sweet as Death, And Love be clean as Lust ! I died amid her kisses : so This last time I would not forget— So I attained The Life ; and know Her lips and God’s have met. 24
…ne : I know not all I say, but through it all Mark the dim hint of ultimate sunshine ! Remember me for this ! And when I go To sleep the last sleep in the slumberous snow, Let child and man and woman yet recall One little moment that I loved you so ! Let some high pinnacle my tombstone be, My epitaph the murmur of the sea, The clouds of heaven be fleeces for my pall, My unknown grave the cradle of the free.
…scended, All power in his sublime control, All felt, all thought, all comprehended— “ How is it, then, the quest ” (he saith) “Ts not—at last |!—achieved and ended? Why taste I not the Bounteous Breath, Receive the Goodly Gift of Grace? Now, kind king-eagle (by God’s death !), Restore me to mine ancient place! I am advantaged nothing then!” Then swooped he from the Byss of Space, And set the knight amid the fen. “God!” quoth Sir Palamede, “that I Who have won nine should fail at ten! I set my all upon the die: There is no further trick to try. …
…scended, All power in his sublime control, All felt, all thought, all comprehended— “ How is it, then, the quest ” (he saith) “Ts not—at last |!—achieved and ended? Why taste I not the Bounteous Breath, Receive the Goodly Gift of Grace? Now, kind king-eagle (by God’s death !), Restore me to mine ancient place! I am advantaged nothing then!” Then swooped he from the Byss of Space, And set the knight amid the fen. “God!” quoth Sir Palamede, “that I Who have won nine should fail at ten! I set my all upon the die: There is no further trick to try. …
…ngland, whence we could arrange with the French Government for rehabilitation. Such was the simple yet subtle plan of Dodu. Down to the last detail was it perfecteduntil one fatal day. The spy, stricken by yellow fever, dropped suddenly dead in the fields before noon Cease work had sounded. Instantly, without a moments hesitation, Dodu strode across to me and said, at the risk of the lash: The whole plan which I have explained to you in cipher these last four months is a blind. That spy knew all. His lips are sealed in death. I have anot…
THE SEVENTEENTH DAY “ Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant.” Tempest. Last night—but the boy shrieked in’s sleep—then, there I had ended all ! Having ingressed the track That leads from green or white-crowned hours to black, The pleasant portals of the scorpion snare, First gleaming toils of an enchantress’ hair That afterward shall change their fervours slack To strong gripe of a devil-fish : go back ? The hand is put forth to the plough—beware ! I took my shrine down : at the night we lay Four hours debating between fear and sin : Wh…
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT H R U THE GREAT ANGEL is set over the operations of the Secret Wisdom Α...ΚΖ The First and the Last “WIIAT thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the Seven Abodes which be in Aushiah.” “And I saw in the Right Hand of Him that Sate upon the Throne a Book, sealed with Seven Seals." “ Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the Seals thereof? " S.V.M.B.O.L.A, £— THE FRONTISPIECE CONSISTS of a Crux Ansata, which is a form of the Rosy Cross One arm is scarlet, with the symbols of Leo and the Wand i…
A DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT H R U THE GREAT ANGEL is set over the operations of the Secret Wisdom Α...ΚΖ The First and the Last “WIIAT thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the Seven Abodes which be in Aushiah.” “And I saw in the Right Hand of Him that Sate upon the Throne a Book, sealed with Seven Seals." “ Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the Seals thereof? " S.V.M.B.O.L.A, £— THE FRONTISPIECE CONSISTS of a Crux Ansata, which is a form of the Rosy Cross One arm is scarlet, with the symbols of Leo and the Wand i…
… Below these certain disciples wept. Then certain laughed. Others next wept. Others next laughed. Next others wept. Next others laughed. Last came those that wept because they could not see the Joke, and those that laughed lest they should be thought not to see the Joke, and thought it safe to act like FRATER PERDURABO. But though FRATER PERDU RABO laughed openly, He also at the same time wept secretly; and in Himself He neither laughed nor wept. Nor did He mean what He said. 23
…e modern town was not even built with the idea of defying the centuries. It was essentially flimsy and ramshackle, and the events of the last few hours had given repeated evidence not only of the state of social unrest which was likely at any moment to lay the modern structure in ruins, but of general lassitude and lack of energy on the part of everybody with whom we came into contact. Our little party obviously represented undreamed-of possibilities of doing good business. But no one seemed to want to fulfil even that last of human ambitions: …
…ey gather, chanting, round that noble head. The master of the prisons of the dead Loosens the bonds and bids the furies spring For their last struggle ere they own a king. This pæan of the sky they sing. CHANT OF DEMONS. We ride upon the fury of the blast, Fast, fast. We race upon the horses of the wind, The tameless thunder follows hard behind, Fast, and too fast. The lightning heralds us, the iron blast Lends us its splendour for a steed fire-shod, The steed of God ! 68
…ment and black death draw nigh, Your blasphemies shall all be vain, And your souls slain. “ Vipers ! on him my mercy falls Perchance, at last, in heaven ; but ye
…u—what? MEDEA, Ye know me a most powerful sorceress. CHORUS. So I have heard, O lotus-footed one! Nathless I see not any miracle. MEDEA, Last night the heavy-hearted audience Broke up, and Jason wended wearily His way, oppressed by direful bodements of The fate of this forenoon. I saw him go Sad, and remembered how sublime he stood,
…in That these my brothers ordered me. I look upon their brows—I see Signs many and deep of torture past; A star, yon star, true peace at last. (There approach an aged man, riding upon an ass, with a led ass, and a Nubian servant.) The Adept. In the name of God, the One, the Great, Merciful and compassionate, Acclaim the perfect period Of ordeal past ! The Neophyte. There is no God! A. Rise! in the name of obscure Fate, Ruthless and uncompassionate. 25