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1910 · PDF PAGE 53

Ambergris

44 AMBERGRIS Made luminous with light of power. I seal each æon’s period, And wait the moment and the hours. Aloof, alone, unloved, I stand With love and worship in my hand. I commune with the Gods : I wait Their summons, and I fire the brand I speak their Word : and there is Fate. I know no happiness, no pain, No swift emotion, no disdain, No pits : but the boundless light Of the Eternal Love, unslain, Flows through me to redeem the night. Mine is a sad slow life : but I, I would not gain release, and die A moment ere my task be done. To falte…

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1914 · PDF PAGE 7

Chicago May

… my spine, This hate, hate, hate of this “ good luck” of mine! ag Good luck! God save us! Is there one thing worth Gold buys? You bought love; here's the goods! For health, Look at the ploughman toiling in the earth ! Disease and hatred won you by your wealth, ‘And scorn—foul scorn—even from the tipsy knaves ‘You fling your dollars to, and think them slaves! Each one of all the maggots that swarm round ‘Your swollen carcass knows exactly that; What is too rotten, what is fairly sound, ‘How much is flesh, and how much more is fat. Not one thinks…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 5

The World’s Tragedy

…othing ; therefore I give it to the poor boys and girls of England, so that, shaking off morality and religion, they may be partakers in Love unto the glory of PAN.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…T. Et erit semper. ALL. Amen. SPHINX Fasting. HERMANUBIS Song. TYPHON Feasting. c.1,c.T. Grace. SPHINX Music. HERMANUBIS Dancing. TYPHON Love. C.I.C.T. The End. draws Me weil.?”ןיטטסא

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1911 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…T. Et erit semper. ALL. Amen. SPHINX Fasting. HERMANUBIS Song. TYPHON Feasting. c.1,c.T. Grace. SPHINX Music. HERMANUBIS Dancing. TYPHON Love. C.I.C.T. The End. draws Me weil.?”ןיטטסא

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1913 · PDF PAGE 309

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…of the cross has become the wisdom of the nations, because every noble heart has understood that it is greater to believe with those who love, and who devote themselves, than to doubt with the egotists and with the slaves of pleasure. II

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1913 · PDF PAGE 309

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…of the cross has become the wisdom of the nations, because every noble heart has understood that it is greater to believe with those who love, and who devote themselves, than to doubt with the egotists and with the slaves of pleasure. II

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1905 · PDF PAGE 265

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…d or woman? And your burning will, Even in that horror, to the Highest ; at last Your choice of me—the middle course of them, Pure human love? And, if your song be true, As I, who heard the voice, the earnestness, Saw the deep eyes, and truth aflame in them, Know—then the choice be Mary’s and not mine } I love you better, were that possible ; Will make you a true wife, and lead your hand, Or be led by you, in the pleasant path. For me, I enter not—Blesséd be God !— In those dark problems that disturb your soul. Mine is the simple nature. Look a…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 8

Collected Works (Vol. III)

…ess, and the day Sinks, and a chill clusters, and I Wrap close the cloak : then is it so To-day, you rose-gleam on the snow, My own true lover? Ardently I dare not look: I never looked So: that you know. But insight keen We (laugh and) call not ‘‘ love.” crooked The light swerves somehow. Do you mean— What? There is coldness and regret Set like the stinging winter spray Blown blind back from a waterfall On Cumbrian moors at Christmas. Wet The cold cheek numbs itself. A way Is here to make—an end of all? What sadness closes in between Your eyes …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 76

Collected Works (Vol. III)

70 A DRAMATIC VERSION OF maiden love may work on maiden modesty? Ah, fall deeper, ye blessed shadows! Ye are light enough for Florimond de Champ- divers to move toward his bliss ! [Motse of clashing armour, ribald laughter, &°-c. Enter the Watch, R., avrunk. A WATCHMAN. Ho, boys! a gay night for thieves. FLORIMOND. Curse the sots ! [ Crouches back in the shadow. SECOND WATCHMAN. ( Szzes) The soldier’s life is short and merry, His mistress’ lips are ripe as a cherry, Then drink, drink ! The guns roar out and the swords flash clean, And the soldi…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 174

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…eet ! He passed before. me on the wheel of Time, He who knows no Time—the intense sublime Master of all philosophy and play, Lord of all love and music and sweet rhyme. Follow thou him! Work ever, if thy heart Be fervent with one hope, thy brain with art, | Thy lips with song, thine arm with strength to smite : Achieve some act; its name shall not depart. Christ laid Love’s corner-stone, and Cesar built The tower of glory; Sappho’s life was spilt _ From fervent lips the torch of song t’ ignite : Thou mayst add yet a stone—if but thou wilt. And …

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1911 · PDF PAGE 7

The Vision and the Voice

…ue that can speak it! O Lord God, blessed, blessed, blessed be Thou for ever! Thy Shadow is as great Light. Thy Name is as the Breath of Love across all Worlds. (A vast Svastika is shewn unto me behind the Angel with the Book.) Rend your garments, O ye clouds! Uncover yourselves! for the Love of My Son! Who are they that trouble thee? Who are they that slew thee? O Light! Come thou, who art joined with me to bruise the Dragon’s head. We, who are wedded, and the Earth per- ceiveth it not! O that Our Bed were seen of Men, that they might rejoice …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 214

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…rrows: O, beyond belief! thy purpose Let perfect Peace be with thee: let thy days Prosper in spite of thine unselfish soul ; And as thou lovest, so let Love increase Upon thee and about thee: till thy ways Gleam with the splendour of that secret goal Whose long war grows the great abiding peace. THE ROSICRUCIAN. A SA MAJESTE JACQUES IV D'ECQSSE.” I ser the centuries wax and wane. I know their mystery of pain, The secrets of the living fire, The key of life: I live: I reign: For I am master of desire. Silent, I pass amid the folk Caught in its m…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 100

Orpheus

Long, tender, rays of night ; my subtle face Burns through the sky-dusk, lightens, fills, and flashes With solemn joy and laughter of love; the grace Of all my body swaying stoops and dashes Swift to the daisy’s dawn of love: and swiftest, O spirit of man, when unto me thou liftest! Dawn shakes the molten fire of my delight From the fine flower and fragrance of my tresses! Sunset bids darken all my body’s light, Mixing its music with the sad caresses Of the whole world: I wheel in wingless flight Through lampless space, the starless wildernesse…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

32 THE RITES OF ELEUSIS Lift up this love of peace and bliss, The starry soul of wine, Destruction’s formidable kiss, The lamp of the divine: This shadow of a nobler name Whose life is strife, whose soul is lame! 1 rather will exalt the soul Of man to loftier height, And kindle at a livelier coal The subtler soul of light. From these soft splendours of a dream 1 turn, and seek the Self supreme. This world is shadow-shapen of The bitterness of pain. Vain are the little lamps of love! The light of life is vain! Life, death, joy, sorrow, age and y…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 212

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

32 THE RITES OF ELEUSIS Lift up this love of peace and bliss, The starry soul of wine, Destruction’s formidable kiss, The lamp of the divine: This shadow of a nobler name Whose life is strife, whose soul is lame! 1 rather will exalt the soul Of man to loftier height, And kindle at a livelier coal The subtler soul of light. From these soft splendours of a dream 1 turn, and seek the Self supreme. This world is shadow-shapen of The bitterness of pain. Vain are the little lamps of love! The light of life is vain! Life, death, joy, sorrow, age and y…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…lking of the things Of the old dim world, when life and art were young; Of the old bards who lightly touched their strings ; Who sang of love and life as I have sung. And then I felt you kiss me as I roved Back to the brightness of the world of old; And so the past grew dearer, as I loved And loved you more: the path grew ever gold, Merging at last into the golden light Of the Golden Age : we were re-born that night. (vir) More sombrely the secret summer broods Upon the world; there is no sense of green —In all the listening, virgin solitudes O…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 228

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…lking of the things Of the old dim world, when life and art were young; Of the old bards who lightly touched their strings ; Who sang of love and life as I have sung. And then I felt you kiss me as I roved Back to the brightness of the world of old; And so the past grew dearer, as I loved And loved you more: the path grew ever gold, Merging at last into the golden light Of the Golden Age : we were re-born that night. (vir) More sombrely the secret summer broods Upon the world; there is no sense of green —In all the listening, virgin solitudes O…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 27

The Soul of Osiris

…ome ! Once again I call, I call, I call, O perfect soul, to thee, With chants, and murmurs mystical, And whispers wiser than the sea : O lover, come to me ! The pall Of night is woven : fair and free, Draw to my kisses, let thy breath Mingle for love the wine of death.

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1905 · PDF PAGE 182

Oracles

2 All the subtle airs are proven False at dewfall, at the dawn Sin and sorrow, interwoven, Like a veil are drawn Over love and all delight ; Grey desires invade the white, Love and life are but a span ; Woe is me ! and woe is man ! ’ “ In conclusion, as far as descriptive power and beauty of thought are concerned, we consider that the author of ‘ The Tale of Archais ’ holds the first place among the latter-day poets.”— Cambridge Magazine. Songs of the Spirit. 3s. 6d. A collection of delicate lyrics, illustrative of the vague yet holy aspiration…

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