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1901 · PDF PAGE 72

The Mother’s Tragedy

…ce, And spat on Fate.” And all the priests shall say And all the people: “ Verily and Amen.” [Stabs himself. CHORUS. Spirit of the Gods! White noon Of tremendous flashing fire, Spirit of the moon! Trembling essence of desire Triple-tongued, thy flame is kindled

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1912 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… of Briahםלוע ?האירבה Angel of 2"d Dec. II?יברהש 370 A foundation, basis?רקע Creation wy Salicesrivi. [Lev.xxiii.4o]יברע ?להנ Zopher?רפצ White lead, tin?ארטסק To rend, cut, blame, curse?ערק Greene [Vide S.D. p. m]?זנעך Salem?םלש 37 ' sinistrum?לאמש 372 Aqua spherica ND‘I’DDR Agni?םשגב Απ oven, furnace?!שבכ πι?ברקע Herbage, grass?בשע Seven?עבש "3 7 3 374 375 Generally and specially,ללכ ?טרפו Solomon?המלש A City of Edom?הלמש 376 Dominator?לשומ

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1912 · PDF PAGE 356

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… of Briahםלוע ?האירבה Angel of 2"d Dec. II?יברהש 370 A foundation, basis?רקע Creation wy Salicesrivi. [Lev.xxiii.4o]יברע ?להנ Zopher?רפצ White lead, tin?ארטסק To rend, cut, blame, curse?ערק Greene [Vide S.D. p. m]?זנעך Salem?םלש 37 ' sinistrum?לאמש 372 Aqua spherica ND‘I’DDR Agni?םשגב Απ oven, furnace?!שבכ πι?ברקע Herbage, grass?בשע Seven?עבש "3 7 3 374 375 Generally and specially,ללכ ?טרפו Solomon?המלש A City of Edom?הלמש 376 Dominator?לשומ

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1909 · PDF PAGE 262

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…deth at his right, as formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis), to place his left hand in that of the initiator, and his right hand upon the white triangle as symbolising his active aspi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 262

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…deth at his right, as formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis), to place his left hand in that of the initiator, and his right hand upon the white triangle as symbolising his active aspi…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 49

Jephthah

… thou most blessed of the Lord for ever! But what shall he that hath delivered us Have for his guerdon when he comes in triumph ? A milk-white ass shall bear him through the city, And wreaths of roses be instead of dust, And dancing girls, and feet of maidens most, Shall strike a measure of delight, and boys With bright unsullied curls shall minister Before him all the days of life God grants, And all his platters shall be made of gold, And jewels beyond price shall stud them all. What sayest thou, O wisest of our race, Ahinoam, the aged priest…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 230

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… hair, And feel your weight, as if you were to be Always and always—O my queen, how rare Your lips’ perfume; like lilies on the sea Your white breasts glimmer; let us wait awhile. There is no breeze to drive us down to lee On the cold rocks of yonder icy isle, And your sire’s passion must forget the chase As I forget, the moment that you smile, And sea and sky are brighter for your face— I hear the sound of many oars; perchance Your father’s, but within this iron place The heavy dragons will not dare advance Where our light vessel barely skimme…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 134

The Soul of Osiris

…my hands are flung In prayer to Heaven ; nay, to mine own crown, To raise myself, and not to drag it down ! O holiest Lord of the divine white flame Of brilliance sworded in the temple sky ! O thou who knowest my most secret name, Who whisperest when only thou and I Make up our universe : bestow thy kiss : Arise ! Come, let us pierce the old abyss ! Rise ! Move ! Appear ! Let us go forth together, Into the solemn passionless profound, Into the darkness, and the thrilling weather, Into the silence louder than all sound, Into the vast implacable …

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1898 · PDF PAGE 10

Jephthah

6 JEPHTHAH. Threatens the white flower of our homes: our wives, Daughters, and sons are as a prey to them, And where the children of the Ammonites Throng not swift hoofs for murder, Jephthah’s men Blaspheme our sanctuaries inviolate, And rob us of our dearest. Woe on woe, The overwhelming summit of a wave Too black, too concentrate, too impious, And culminating in a double death, Hangs imminent to crush the slender sides And battered bulwarks of our state. O thou Whose hoary locks and sightless eyes compel Our pity and our reverence, and whose …

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1904 · PDF PAGE 77

The Argonauts

…of the eagle follow The crested surf, and strike the shore, and flee Far from green cover, nymph-enchanted lea, Fountain, and plume them white as the sea-swallow, And turn and quiver in the ocean, seeming The glances of a maiden kissed, or dreaming. I

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1905 · PDF PAGE 128

Oracles

…mbroidery ! All the dear beauty of art’s soul sublime He looked on the last time, And trod the figured steps, and found the ledge At the white water’s edge Where the king’s pinnace lodged ; but he put by That shell of ivory, And chose a pearl-inwoven canoe, whose prow Bore the moon’s own bright brow In grace of silver sculputred ; and therein He stepped ; and all the water thin Laughed to receive him ; now the city faded Little by little into many-shaded Clusters of colour. So his boat was drawn Subtly toward the dawn With little labour ; and t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 52

The Holy Books

…aw Thee even in her. I I. For mine was the keyword to the Closed Palace 418 and mine the reins of the Chariot of the Sphinxes, black and white. But I was not deceived by anything of all these things. 12. For I expanded it by my subtlety into Twelve Rays of the Crown. I3. And these twelve rays were One. 54

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1905 · PDF PAGE 42

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…uin and to spend ; I sought their gulfs and fiery lakes, And sought no happy end. I said: the height is as the deep, Twin breasts of one white dove; Death’s face is as the face of Sleep, And Lust is likest Love. And with my blood I forced the door That guards the palaces of sin ; I reached the lake’s cinereous! shore ; I passed those groves within. My blood was wasted in her veins, To freshen them, who stood like death, Our Lady of ten thousand Pains With heavy kissing breath. I said: Our Lady is as God, Her hell of pain as heaven above; Death’…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 29

Jephthah

…: Thus saith Jephthah : Why hast thou come with bloody hands against us? Our holy God, that bound the iron sea With pale frail limits of white sand, and said : Thus far, and not one billowy step beyond ! Saith unto thee in like commandment: Thou Who hast destroyed my people from the land So far, shalt not encroach upon their places One furlong more, lest quickly I destroy

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1903 · PDF PAGE 11

Alice: An Adultery

…ake this,” he said. “ Edit it as if it were your own : let the world know how wonderful it was.” I took the manu- script from the frail, white hand. viii

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1907 · PDF PAGE 62

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…and sighed And looked upon her master. The bride was clad in spider-silk 5 The lord was spurred and shod. Her breasts gleamed bright and white as milk, Most like the mother of God ; His heart was shrouded, his face was clouded, Earth trembled where he trod. te ‘* By thy raven tresses ; by those caresses We changed these five hours past ; By the full red lips and the broad white brow I charge thee stay ; I am weary now; I would sleep again—at last.” ‘* By thy golden hair ; by the laughter rare Of love’s kiss conquering, By the lips full red and …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 67

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… thou most blessed of the Lord for ever! But what shall he that hath delivered us Have for his guerdon when he comes in triumph ? A milk-white ass shall bear him through the city, And wreaths of roses be instead of dust, And dancing girls, and feet of maidens most, Shall strike a measure of delight, and boys With bright unsullied curls shall minister Before him all the days of life God grants, And all his platters shall be made of gold, And jewels beyond price shall stud them all. What sayest thou, O wisest of our race, Ahinoam, the aged priest…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 20

The Winged Beetle

…ost lamb that seeks the starry fold Within that warm and scented vale Clothed with narcissus, hyacinth, tuberose, Snowdrop and lily, all white, all cream, all gold, With never a blush like dawn’s to flush or fail Upon their garden-close. O wide is the world, wide, wide ! Be sure that I was lost, Lost, lost for ever ; are there palimpsests Wherein a man might study at great cost His journey thence ? O Rose of gramarye, My riddle you shall ree. My head was happy, laid betwixt your breasts. XI Another time I passed the holy well And plunged (as Ph…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 28

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

6 JEPHTHAH. Threatens the white flower of our homes: our wives, Daughters, and sons are as a prey to them, And where the children of the Ammonites Throng not swift hoofs for murder, Jephthah’s men Blaspheme our sanctuaries inviolate, And rob us of our dearest. Woe on woe, The overwhelming summit of a wave Too black, too concentrate, too impious, And culminating in a double death, Hangs imminent to crush the slender sides And battered bulwarks of our state. O thou Whose hoary locks and sightless eyes compel Our pity and our reverence, and whose …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 23

The Rosicrucian Scandal

… no pronouncing As her y rt of the whole seheme of the poem? ‘The chief character isa vile procurer who is trying to sell Pippi into the White Slave Trafic, “The frst episode deals most realistically with adultery crowned by murder. ‘The second episode deseribes plot to marry an innocent youth ‘The third episode shows mother trying to prevent her son from committinga murder in cold blood, and tailing to do so. ‘This assassination has the open approval of the “so-called poet.” ‘And “the loathsome and abominable ereature” who * dissemin- ates thi…

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