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Page 59 of 1201910 · PDF PAGE 39
…nd paler curves of the immutable bars That line the universe with light, Great eagle-flights of mystic moons That dip, while the dull midnight swoons About the skirts of Night : These bowed and shaped themselves and said : It shall be thus ! And the intolerable luminous Death that is god bent down his head And answered : Thus, immutably, Above all days and deeds, shall be ! And the great Light that is above all gods Lifted his calm brow, spake, and all the seas, And all the air, and all the periods Of seasons and of stars gave ear, and thes…
1913 · PDF PAGE 33
…her trees Strong and refreshed I turned . And now the gap Of lurid sky which I had opened there Grew cold and star - sown , and the keen night air Was sweet with leafage bruised and living sap . But when at last not light enough was left To labour by , I kindled logs of oak With crackling furze , and glare of flame and smoke Illumined my midnight smithy . So I cleft 14
1907 · PDF PAGE 64
…p a posy by moonlight, a rose, And a violet white from its cranny, And a bluebell, and stole, on the tips of my toes, At the dark of the night to my Annie. Her window was open ; she slept like a child; So I laid the three flowers on her breast, And stole back alone through the forest deep- aisled, To dream of the lass I loved best. And the next night I lay half awake on my bed, When—a foot-fall as soft as the breeze ! Oh ! never a word nor a whisper she said To disturb the low song of the trees. But she crept to my side. close : Then: ‘‘ Have p…
1899 · PDF PAGE 13
…ook frankly face to face—and quarrel then ! For by the groves of green and quiet ways, And on the windy reaches of the river, In moonlit night and blue unbroken days, And where the cold ice breaks in pallid bays, And where dim dawns in frosty forest shiver, Where India burns and far Australia glows, Where cactus blooms, where rose, Let our hearts’ beat be heard, to lighten many woes. Sister and daughter of our loyal isle, Our hands reach out to you, our lips are fain To wreathe with yours in one delicious smile Of budding love, to grow a kiss a…
1901 · PDF PAGE 52
38 THE FATAL FORCE In the ways of the East and the West Whence the night and the day are discrowned, We pass with the beat of his breast, And the breath of his crying is bound. Unto Toun, the low Lord of the West, let the noise of our chant be the breath Proclaiming him Death! In the ways of the depth and the height, Where the multitude stars are at ease, There is music and terrible light, And the violent song of the seas. Unto Mou, the most powerful Lord of the South, let our worship declare Him Lord of the Air. In the mutable fields that are …
1905 · PDF PAGE 39
…kiss, one soul to lure, For ever wedded, one, divine, endure Far from sun, sea, and spring, from love or light, Imbedded in impenetrable night ; Deeper than ocean, higher than the sky, Vaster than petty loves that dream and die, Insatiate, angry, terrible for lust, Who shrivel God to adamantine dust By our fierce gaze upon him, who would strive Under our wrath, to flee away, to dive Into the deep recesses of his heaven. But we, one joy, one love, one shame for leaven, Quit hope and life, quit fear and death and love, Implacable as God, desired …
1905 · PDF PAGE 81
…nd on Life’s fatal wheel—revolving bliss. O that worn wisdom and the age of sorrow Could learn its bitter lesson, and depart — Into some nightfall guiltless of a morrow, Into some cave’s unprofitable heart Beyond this curse of birth! O that dread night Could come and cover all, Even itself to fall To some abyss past resurrection’s might! For the old whispers of my old life call 82 :
1911 · PDF PAGE 217
…. 0 mouth of ripe red sunny grapes! God! God! Evoel Dwell! Abide! AGAVE. I feel the wings Of love, of mystery; they waft soft streams Of night air to my heated breast and brow. M/ENADS. He comes! He comes! AGAVE. Silence, 0 girls, and peace! The God's most holy presence asks the hymn, The solemn hymn, the hymn of agony, Lest, in the air of glory that surrounds The child of Semelé, we lose the earth And corporal presence of the Zeus-begot. AUTONOE. Yea, sisters, raise the chant of riotl Lift Your wine-sweetvoices, move your wine-stained limbs In…
1911 · PDF PAGE 217
…. 0 mouth of ripe red sunny grapes! God! God! Evoel Dwell! Abide! AGAVE. I feel the wings Of love, of mystery; they waft soft streams Of night air to my heated breast and brow. M/ENADS. He comes! He comes! AGAVE. Silence, 0 girls, and peace! The God's most holy presence asks the hymn, The solemn hymn, the hymn of agony, Lest, in the air of glory that surrounds The child of Semelé, we lose the earth And corporal presence of the Zeus-begot. AUTONOE. Yea, sisters, raise the chant of riotl Lift Your wine-sweetvoices, move your wine-stained limbs In…
1912 · PDF PAGE 274
…oud, not proud! But all my pent—up wrath I pour on Spite It is enough! forgive these murmurings loud Against the Powers and Majesties of Night. L’ENVOI Good child, you will again depart—Fates weave their spell, All hail ! God-speed l May God be with you! and—Farewell ! D. HAMISH JENKINS. 232
1912 · PDF PAGE 274
…oud, not proud! But all my pent—up wrath I pour on Spite It is enough! forgive these murmurings loud Against the Powers and Majesties of Night. L’ENVOI Good child, you will again depart—Fates weave their spell, All hail ! God-speed l May God be with you! and—Farewell ! D. HAMISH JENKINS. 232
1913 · PDF PAGE 148
…e Banner of Silence and of Strength— Hail! Hail! thou art here, my Lord, at length! Lo, the Hawk-Headed Lord am I: My nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky. Hail! ye twin warriors that guard The pillars of the world! Your time Is nigh at hand. The snake that marred Heaven with his inexhaustible slime Is slain ; I bear the Wand of Power, The Wand that waxes and that wanes; I crush the Universe this hour In my left hand ; and naught remains | Ho! for the splendour in my name Hidden and glorious, a flame Secretly shooting from the sun. Aum! Ha!—my des…
1913 · PDF PAGE 148
…e Banner of Silence and of Strength— Hail! Hail! thou art here, my Lord, at length! Lo, the Hawk-Headed Lord am I: My nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky. Hail! ye twin warriors that guard The pillars of the world! Your time Is nigh at hand. The snake that marred Heaven with his inexhaustible slime Is slain ; I bear the Wand of Power, The Wand that waxes and that wanes; I crush the Universe this hour In my left hand ; and naught remains | Ho! for the splendour in my name Hidden and glorious, a flame Secretly shooting from the sun. Aum! Ha!—my des…
1905 · PDF PAGE 95
… I would not weep with these; I dare not Stay, Lest I weep louder than them all. Fare well, My father, O my father! Iam passing Into the night. Remember me as drawn Into the night toward the golden dawn.! (Axeunt ADULAH and Maidens. 1 The ‘‘Golden Dawn" meant at this time to Crowley all that ‘‘Christ’’ means to an Evangelical, and more. The symbol con- stantly recurs in this and many other poems, | and always in the sense of a rescuing force.
1905 · PDF PAGE 212
THE HOLY OF HOLIES 205 No angel, but the very light And fire and spirit of Her, Unmitigated, eremite, The unmanifested myrrh, Ocean, and night that is not night, The mother-mediator.! O sacred spirit of the Gods !? O triple tongue !* Descend, Lapping the answering flame that nods, Kissing the brows that bend, Uniting all earth’s periods To one exalted end. Still on the mystic Tree of Life My soul is crucified ; 4 Still strikes the sacrificial knife Where lurks some serpent-eyed Fear, passion, or man’s deadly wife Desire, the suicide ! Before me…
1901 · PDF PAGE 10
…nd only death abides. Imminent over me thy hatred hangs ! Thy jet smooth body clung to mine awhile, Descending like the thunder-pregnant Night, Ominous, black, thy secret cruel smile Lured me. We lay like death ; until the light Thy jet smooth body clung to mine awhile !
1905 · PDF PAGE 111
…ing with solar fire, The single-eyed desire Of scent and sound and sight and sense perfuses The still and lambent light Of the essential night ; And all the heart of me is fain, and muses, As if for ever doomed to dream Or pass in peace Lethean adown the grey Lethean stream.
1910 · PDF PAGE 37
…o Ra, the desire of the East, let the clamour of singing proclaim The fire of his name ! In the ways of the East and the West Whence the night and the day are discrowned, We pass with the beat of his breast, And the breath of his crying is bound. Unto Toum, the low Lord of the West, let the noise of our chant be the breath Proclaiming him Death ! In the ways of the depth and the height, Where the multitude stars are at ease, There is music and terrible light, And the violent song of the seas. Unto Mou, the most powerful Lord of the South, let o…
1929 · PDF PAGE 36
… ship comes safe to harbour!" " I may now apologize," remarked Cyril, as they seated themselves at the table, "for leaving you the other night to dine at Miss Badger's. I had given my word to her, and nothing but physical inability would have stopped me from going. I didn't want to go, any more than I wanted to drown myself; and that is a great compliment to you, for she is one of the two nicest women in London; but I would have faced a thousand deaths to get there." [53] "It is right to be so stern about a trifle?" "Keeping one's word is no tr…
1901 · PDF PAGE 71
… Of my discrownéd forehead. I shall die Having this proof of my own nobleness To soothe the rancour of my stricken soul In the abodes of night, that I have dared, With the first knowledge, to make good my spirit Against its fate, to steel my flinching heart