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1912 · PDF PAGE 88

Sir Palamedes

… But oh! the foulness of his face! Not here was anything of worth ; He turned his back upon the place, Sought the blue sky and the green earth, Ay! and the lustral sea to cleanse That filth that stank about his girth,

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1939 · PDF PAGE 3

England, Stand Fast!

… against the foe! They struck the first blow: we shall strike the last Peace at the price of Freedom? We say } England, stand fast! ‘The earth hurls thunderbolts; the sea spurts death; The skies drop murder; hell itself aghast! Answer, with steady eye and easy breath ; England, stand fast ! England, the centuries have not sent thee shame, Tamer of tyrants, from thy purple past Thy heroes call thee, from their heaven of fame: England, stand fast England, resistless as the gales that sweep Thy seas, and free as their rejoicing blast, Roll forth a…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… still and full of rest, so that like a mirror will they reflect the unima- ginable glory of the Atman. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be th…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 120

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… still and full of rest, so that like a mirror will they reflect the unima- ginable glory of the Atman. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.t And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them and be th…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 75

The Mother’s Tragedy

… of the Holy Ones, Spirit of the Gods! Enter Messenger. MESSENGER. The battle rages: even now the shock Of hostile spears makes the loud earth resound, The wide sky tremble. AMENHATEP. Here lies Horus dead, There Isis slain. We have no leader left. MESSENGER. The fight is doubtful. We may conquer still. AMENHATEP. By this shed blood and desecrated shrine And horrible hour of madness, may it be That all the evil fortune of the land, Created of these dead iniquities, Burn its foul flame out. Are ye not appeased, Even ye, O Powers of Evil, at this…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 169

Oracles

… lies ! We change and change and fade, strange avatars In all the skies. III One way sets free. That way is not to tread Through fire or earth or spirit, air or sea. That secret is not gathered of the dead. On way sets free. Not to desire shall lead to not to be. There is no hope within, none overhead, None by the chance of fate’s august decree. It is a path where tears are ever shed. There is no joy—is that a path for me ? Yea ! though I track the ways of utmost dread, One way sets free.

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1913 · PDF PAGE 132

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… I filled his nostrils with my breath , I watched the sunken face expand , I watched the life creep back from death , I made him lord of earth and men And ruler over sea and air , Within my heart I loosed again The faint and frozen springs of prayer . II . Now as God waxed so I did wane , For through the dim millennial years Back to the utter source of pain He bore me surfeited with tears . Swift from the present , back through time , Swifter than spears the keen sun throws , He bore and set me in the slime Where our first father - man arose . …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 92

Orpheus

…untain of light? Is thy fugitive way Lost in uttermost night? Shalt thou not obey, Or my lyre not affright, If I call thee by Heaven and Earth with a God’s tumultu- ous might? If I curse thee or chide — Shalt thou tremble not, Thou ? Not move thee and hide From the light of my brow? Shall my arrows divide Not the heart of thee now? Art thou cased in strong iron to mock the spells that all others avow ? Art thou muffled or hidden In adamant brass? Is my music forbidden In Orcus to pass? Have I cursed thee and chidden? My flesh being grass, I cur…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 4

Handbook of Geomancy

….A.*. Publication in Class B. Issued by Order : DDS. 7° = 4° OSV. 6° = 5° NSF. 5° = 6° “ Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the earth ; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun, collecting rules, for he is carried by the Eternal Will of the Father, and not for your sake alone. Dismiss from your mind the impetuous course of the Moon, for she moveth always by the power of Necessity. The pro- gression of the Stars was not generated for your sake. The wide aerial flight of birds gives no true kno…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 130

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…st beg , or I must steal , Or moulder in the House . Will any kindly clergyman Explain the reason why God set me here to mar His plan Of earth and sea and sky ? ** THERE IS A CHAOS THRONED ABOVE THE THRONE .” AST night the God of bitter dread Who shadowed my forgotten years, The God I struck and left for dead When hate had grown above my fears , Came drifting back from farthest space , From ghosts of gods and ghosts of men , And found me in the haunted place Where he and I were lonely then . So small and weak he looked to me I said : “ Is this …

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1898 · PDF PAGE 51

Jephthah

…EAZAR. God, Who this day has sliumbered not, nor slept, He only keepeth Israel: He is God! CHORUS. When God uplifted hands to smite, And earth from chaos was unrolled, And skies and seas from blackest night Unfurled, twin sapphires set with gold, And tumult of the boisterous deep Roared from its slow ungainly sleep, And flocks of heaven were driven to fold, Then rose the walls of Israel] steep, For in His promise we behold The sworded Sons of glory leap Our tribes in peace to keep. 47

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1898 · PDF PAGE 53

White Stains

…ece, and never wound : For we must part, and love must die. You say—but Oh ! my Marion’s kiss Shall linger on my palate still, No joy on earth is like to this That we have tasted to our fill Of all our sweet lascivious will. The cup is drained of lust’s delight, Yet wells with pleasure, and by night I’ll come once more and loving lie Between thine amorous limbs, despite That we must part and love must die. ENVOI Thus, sweet, I’ll sing when day doth break And weary lovers must awake

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1899 · PDF PAGE 195

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…k me bitter evil, This unredeeming pain. Here cruel winds and biting Descend upon the wold ; Here frost and snow are smiting The sons of earth with cold. The raw air steams and shivers Above the sluggish rivers, And birds are dumb, the givers Of melodies untold. Here death has quite forgotten An eager lover waits To pass in yonder rotten Black boat his icy gates. He will not free his lover Till Proserpine discover How near he hangs above her, And yearns towards the Fates. Nor life nor death will hear him, Nor God nor Satan aid ; Though Love no …

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1902 · PDF PAGE 27

Tannhäuser

…ir ! " He whispered me a Word. " Beware ! Beware " Two voices are there in the sullen sea ; " Two functions hath the inevitable fire ; " Earthquake hath earth, and yet fertility : " See to thy purpose, and thy set desire ! " Else, dire the fate — the ultimation dire ! " Vague threats and foolish words ! Quite meaningless The empty sounds he muttered in mine ear. Why should their silly mystery impress My thoughtful forehead with the lines of fear ? (This riding saps my courage as my cheer.) D 25

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1905 · PDF PAGE 55

Orpheus

…en the season is mad, And the gods overcome her, When the sky is fulfilled of the frost and the fingers of winter numb her! O marvellous earth Of multiple mood That givest men birth And delicate food, Red wine to make mirth Of thine own red blood, And corn and green grass and sweet flowers and fruits most heavenly-hued ! Borne skyward in swoon By arrowy hours, Girt round of the moon And the girdling flowers, The sun for a boon, Sweet kisses of showers, O mother, O life, O desire, my soul is a bird in thy bowers ! , | My soul is caught up In thy…

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1941 · PDF PAGE 7

Thumbs Up! A Pentagram – A Pantacle to Win the War

…gainst the foe! They struck the first blow: we shall strike the last. Peace at the price of Freedom? We say No. England, stand fast! The earth hurls thunderbolts; the sea spurts death; The skies drop murder; hell itself aghast Answer, with steady eye and easy breath! England, stand fast! England, the centuries have not sent thee shame. Tamer of tyrants, from thy purple past Thy heroes call thee, from their heaven of fame: England, stand fast! England, resistless as the gales that sweep Thy seas, and free as their rejoicing blast, Roll forth aga…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 72

Tale of Archais

…th acclaim Of tuneful thrushes shrill with mountain song, And noise of nightingales, and murmur long— A sigh half-sad, as if remembering earth And all the massy pillars of her girth ; Half-jubilant, as if foreseeing a world Fresher with starlight and with waters pearled,

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1941 · PDF PAGE 3

Thumbs Up! Five Poems by the Author of The V Sign

…gainst the foe! They struck the first blow: we shall strike the last. Peace at the price of Freedom? We say No. England, stand fast! The earth hurls thunderbolts; the sea spurts death; The skies drop murder; hell itself aghast Answer, with steady eye and easy breath! England, stand fast! England, the centuries have not sent thee shame. Tamer of tyrants, from thy purple past Thy heroes call thee, from their heaven of fame: England, stand fast! England, resistless as the gales that sweep Thy seas, and free as their rejoicing blast, Roll forth aga…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 184

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…e In the fog of the air. Dim my desire Cuts through the snare. The cold confounds me ; The mist surrounds me; Life trembles and lowers ; Earth fades from miy life. The love of my wife, The light of the flowers, Earth’s beautiful bowers. Pass, and are not. I am awed by the soul of the place, the hope- less, the desolate spot. Here is the wharf Wearily standing, Misshapen and dwarf, Well fit for such landing ! Darker the bloom Of the night-flowers glows, Shadowing the tomb, The indicible woes. Dark and unlovely the cypress still grows Deformed an…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 27

Tale of Archais

…And he remembered. Like a wild bird’s cry The song within him flamed, a melody Dreadful and beautiful. The sad sea heard And echoed over earth its bitter word. SONG Ere the grape of joy is golden With the summer and the sun, Ere the maidens unbeholden Gather one by one, To the vineyard comes the shower, No sweet rain to fresh the flower. But the thunder rain that cleaves, Rends and ruins tender leaves.

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