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1904 · PDF PAGE 78

The Argonauts

…he sea, my mate, My mistress, till the fires of life abate And leave me languid, man-forgotten, deeming T see in sleep, in many-coloured night, More hope than in the flame-waves of the light. Light! ever light! I swim far out and follow The footsteps of the wind, and light invades My desolate soul, and all the cypress shades Glow with transparent lustre, and the hollow I thought I had hidden in my heart must swallow The bitter draught of Truth; no Nereid maids Even in my sea are mine; the whole sea’s glades And hills and springs are void of my …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 129

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…e Drops Envy, wed with Hatred, to sow Strife. These twain are bitter; but the last is Love. THE RAPE OF DEATH. ARGUMENT.—Sir Godfrey, a knight of Nor- mandy, leapeth into a light vessel of Jarl Hungard, while they sit at feast, and, slay- ing the crew, seeketh the high seas with the Lady Thurla. He slayeth the swiftest pur- suers, and escapeth in a great tempest ; which on the second day abating, he maketh the inside of a bar, and must await the breeze. Jarl Hungard coming with his men and two dragons, is wrecked, but a knave shooting, slayeth …

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1901 · PDF PAGE 129

The Soul of Osiris

…n deep mood. I am the master. Yea, no doubt I rule The whole mad universe by will extended— Who whispers then, “ O miserable fool ! This night thy might and majesty are ended ; Thy soul shall be required of thee ” ? I heard This voice, and knew it for my proper word ! Yes, mine own voice : the higher spirit speaks, Stemming the hands that guide, the arms that hold, Even the infinite brain : that spirit seeks A loftier dawn of more ephemeral gold— Ephemeral, and eternal : droop thine head, O God ! for thou must suffer this : I said ! Droop thy w…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 19

The Holy Books

… water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! 44. Aye! Feast! Rejoice! there.is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu. 45. There is death for the dogs. 46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart? 47. Where I am these are not. 48. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled and the consoler.…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 20

Liber Aleph

…or it persisteth vital within thee (is it not the true Motion of thine inmost Being?) and for all thy conscious Striving cometh forth by Night and by Stealth in Dream and Phantasy. Now is it naked and brilliant, now clothed in rich Robes of Symbol and Hieroglyph; but always travelleth it with thee upon thy Path, ready to acquaint thee with thy true Nature, if thou attend unto its Word, its Gesture, or its Show of Imagery. s

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1907 · PDF PAGE 62

Collected Works (Vol. III)

56 ROSA MUNDI, AND OTHER LOVE-SONGS Il. THE NIGHTMARE, Up, up, my bride! Away to ride Upon the nightmare’s wings ! The livid lightning’s wine we'll drink, And laugh for joy of life, and think Unutterable things ! The gallant caught the lady fair Below the arms that lay Curling in coils of yellow hair, And kissed her lips. ‘‘ Away !” The lover caught his mistress up And lifted her to heaven, Drank from her lips as from the cup Of poppies drowsed at even. ‘* Away, away, my lady may! The wind is fair and free ; Away, away, the glint of day Is fade…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 219

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…p, The shapeless, formless horror that is us And God—Ah! rend him limb from limb! This is the end of all. No power urges on. This is the night. No force detains. Iam free! Alas! alas !—Vurydice ! (He zs torn to pieces. A faint voice—like his—is still heard, ever receding andfailing.) O night |! Fade, love! Fade, light! I pass beyond Life’s law. I melt as snow; as ice I thaw; As mist I dissipate: I am borne, I draw Through chasms in the mountains: stormy gusts Ofancient sorrows and forgotten lusts Bear me along : they touch me not: I waste The m…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 262

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ense hides thy splendour of light; Hides from the prayer’s distress Thy loftier loveliness, Till thy veil’s glory shrouds the earth from night; And silence speaks indeed, Seeing the subtler speed Of its own thought than speech of the Pandean reed ! [LIBRA returns.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 262

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ense hides thy splendour of light; Hides from the prayer’s distress Thy loftier loveliness, Till thy veil’s glory shrouds the earth from night; And silence speaks indeed, Seeing the subtler speed Of its own thought than speech of the Pandean reed ! [LIBRA returns.

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1912 · PDF PAGE 306

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…s. Dec. = Decan. 5.Ρ͵Μ᾿ = Sphere of the Primum Mobile. S.S.F. : Sphere of the Fixed Stars. L.T.N. : Lesser Angel governing Triplicity by Night. L.T.D. Lesser Angel governing Triplicity by Day. Κ.ΟΙἹ.Β᾿ = Kether—Chokmah—Binah. (Ch.) : Chaldee. S.D. Siphra thenioutha. I.R.Q. _ Idra Rabba Qadisha. Tet. : Tetragrammaton. LA. Angel = Lesser Assistant Angel. I.Z.Q. : ldra. Zuta Qadisha. M.T = Magister Templi. W = Shemhamphorasch. W. = Wands. C. Cups. S. = Swords. P. = Pentacles. K, of s. = Key of Solomon. O P A A. = Oriens—Paimon—AritonfiAmaimon. 'T‘ …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 306

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…s. Dec. = Decan. 5.Ρ͵Μ᾿ = Sphere of the Primum Mobile. S.S.F. : Sphere of the Fixed Stars. L.T.N. : Lesser Angel governing Triplicity by Night. L.T.D. Lesser Angel governing Triplicity by Day. Κ.ΟΙἹ.Β᾿ = Kether—Chokmah—Binah. (Ch.) : Chaldee. S.D. Siphra thenioutha. I.R.Q. _ Idra Rabba Qadisha. Tet. : Tetragrammaton. LA. Angel = Lesser Assistant Angel. I.Z.Q. : ldra. Zuta Qadisha. M.T = Magister Templi. W = Shemhamphorasch. W. = Wands. C. Cups. S. = Swords. P. = Pentacles. K, of s. = Key of Solomon. O P A A. = Oriens—Paimon—AritonfiAmaimon. 'T‘ …

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1926 · PDF PAGE 18

Liber Al vel Legis

… water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight! 44. Aye! Feast! Rejoice! there.is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu. 45. There is death for the dogs. 46. Dost thou fail? Art thou sorry? Is fear in thine heart? 47. Where I am these are not. 48. Pity not the fallen! I never knew them. I am not for them. I console not: I hate the consoled and the consoler.…

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1961 · PDF PAGE 123

Liber Aleph

…stinguished in Love) NOW that in the Mind of Man is much Wisdom that is hidden, being the Treasure of his Sire that he inheriteth. Thus, night all of his moral Nature is unknown to him until his Puberty; that is, this Nature pertaineth not unto the Recording and Judging Apparatus of his Brain until it is put herein by the Stirring of that deeper Nature within him. Thou wilt mark also that great Men are commonly great Lovers; and this is in Part also because (consciously or not) they are ware of that Secret following, that every Act of Love comm…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 247

Collected Works (Vol. III)

242 INDEX OF FIRST LINES GIANT, with iron secrecies ennighted, iii. 122 Glory and praise to thee, O Satan, ii, 18 God, I have rowed! iii. 28 God of the golden face and fiery forehead, ii. 22 Gone to his Goddess! the poor worm’s asleep, 1, 239 Good bends and breathes into the rosy shell, lll, 120 Go to the woodlands, English maid, i. 7 Great Liberator, come again, ii. 3 Green and gold the meadows lie, i. 24 HA! HA! Inthe storm I ride, ii. 136 Hail, child of Semelé! iii. 205 Hail! Hail! Hail! ii. 130 Hail, O Dionysus! Hail! iii. 203 Hail, sweet m…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 40

Collected Works (Vol. I)

THE ALCHEMIST One bitter fight with nature and myself To find Him out, turn, terrible, to-night [Cry wethout. To see myself—myself—myself. [Cry wethout. Hush! Hark! Methought I heard a cry. The seamew wails Tess humanly than that—I will go down And seek the stranger. [Alaking as to leave room. F’en this rocky isle Shall prove a friend A Voice. Stand still. Philosopher. Again! The warning of a mind o’er-strained? [Afowrng towards door. Voice. Stand still And see salvation in Jehovah’s hands. fh, Is this the end of life? Voice. Thy Life begins. I…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 229

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…er our keel—and we were clean away, _ Laughing to see the foamheads sough and sleep, As we kept pace with ocean all the day And one long night of toil ; until the sun Lit on these cliffs his morning beams that play With our sails’ rent and rifted white, and run Like summer lightning all about the deck, And laugh upon the work my sword had done 207

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1910 · PDF PAGE 13

Ambergris

…in the chant of wonder Star to star must add to the glowing chorus ; Sun and moon must mingle and speed the echo Flaming through heaven. Night and day divide, and the music strengthens, Gathers roar of seas and the dirge of moorlands ; Tempest, thunder, birds, and the breeze of summer Join to augment it. So the sound-world, filled of the fire of all things, Rolls majestic torrents of mighty music Through the stars where dwell the avenging spirits Bound in the whirlwind . . .

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1911 · PDF PAGE 277

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… and Truth. [Returns to his seal. [SOR. GEMINI þlays una;/dingk? [A Mea/[fame. MERCURY. At the Ending of the Light, At the Limits of the Night, Stood Mercury before the Unborn ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe; Then came forth the Gods thereof, The aeons of the Bornless Beyond. Then was the Voice vibrated ; Then was the Name declared. At the Threshold of Entrance, Between the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer Stood Mercury, as before him The æons were proclaimed In Symbols did he record them ; In Breath did he vi…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 277

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… and Truth. [Returns to his seal. [SOR. GEMINI þlays una;/dingk? [A Mea/[fame. MERCURY. At the Ending of the Light, At the Limits of the Night, Stood Mercury before the Unborn ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe; Then came forth the Gods thereof, The aeons of the Bornless Beyond. Then was the Voice vibrated ; Then was the Name declared. At the Threshold of Entrance, Between the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer Stood Mercury, as before him The æons were proclaimed In Symbols did he record them ; In Breath did he vi…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 98

Collected Works (Vol. I)

THE FIVE KISSES gI Through silken curtains that bedeck the bed. | A| swifl white arrow at some recreant Lift up thine head ! star. For night is here, a dragon, to devour The slow sweet hour Filled with all smoke of incense, and the praise More loud than day’s That swings its barren censer in the sky And asks to die Because the sea will hear no hollow moan Beyond its own, Because the sea that kissed dead Sappho! sings Of strange dark things— Shapes of bright breasts that purple as the sun Grows dark and dun, Of pallid lips more haggard for the k…

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