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Page 84 of 1201911 · PDF PAGE 254
…also: Tartarus and Gaia Twinned in my womb, and Chaos 110111 my brows Shrank back abashed, my sister dark and dire, Mother 01 Erebus and Night, that ploughs With starry-sandalled feet the fields of fire ; My sister shrank and fell, the infernal gloom Changed to the hot sweet shadow of my womb. I am : that darkness strange and uterine Is shot with dawn and scented with the rose; The deep dim prison-house 01 corn and wine, Flowers, children, stars, with flame far subtler glows Formless, all-piercing, death-defying, divine, A sweet frail lamp whose s…
1911 · PDF PAGE 254
…also: Tartarus and Gaia Twinned in my womb, and Chaos 110111 my brows Shrank back abashed, my sister dark and dire, Mother 01 Erebus and Night, that ploughs With starry-sandalled feet the fields of fire ; My sister shrank and fell, the infernal gloom Changed to the hot sweet shadow of my womb. I am : that darkness strange and uterine Is shot with dawn and scented with the rose; The deep dim prison-house 01 corn and wine, Flowers, children, stars, with flame far subtler glows Formless, all-piercing, death-defying, divine, A sweet frail lamp whose s…
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…a great deal to do it; above all, the first time, with a single blow of the magic knife to cut the throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. . All of a sudden, quite close to me... . I dreamt or rather I felt it pass... I heard in my ear a heartrending wail . . . one would have said that it wept; and since that moment, I think that I am hearing it always.”…
1913 · PDF PAGE 457
…vocation.” He gave him a leaf covered with manuscript. ‘‘ Begin this evening, and return to-morrow to tell me what you have seen, for to night you will have a manifestation.” The next day, our good man did not miss the appointment. “J woke up suddenly,” said he, ‘upon one o'clock in the morning. In front of my bedI saw a bright light, and in this light a shadowy arm which passed and repassed before me, as if to magnetize me. Then I went to sleep again, and some instants afterwards, waking anew, I saw again the same light, but it had changed its…
1913 · PDF PAGE 463
…d that you would help him in his enterprise. He told my daughter and myself that in his vicarage in the country, he had already made one night an evocation of the devil by the help of a popular grimoirve. ‘Then’ said he, ‘a whirlwind seemed to shake the vicarage; the rafts groaned, the wainscoting cracked, the doors shook, the windows opened with a crash, and whistlings were heard in every corner of the house.’ He then expected that formid- able vision to follow, but he saw nothing; no monster pre- sented itself; in a word, the devil would not …
1913 · PDF PAGE 455
…a great deal to do it; above all, the first time, with a single blow of the magic knife to cut the throat of that innocent creature! One night I had just accomplished the funereal rites, I was seated in the circle on the interior threshold of my door, and the victim had just been consumed in a great fire of alder and cypress wood. . All of a sudden, quite close to me... . I dreamt or rather I felt it pass... I heard in my ear a heartrending wail . . . one would have said that it wept; and since that moment, I think that I am hearing it always.”…
1913 · PDF PAGE 457
…vocation.” He gave him a leaf covered with manuscript. ‘‘ Begin this evening, and return to-morrow to tell me what you have seen, for to night you will have a manifestation.” The next day, our good man did not miss the appointment. “J woke up suddenly,” said he, ‘upon one o'clock in the morning. In front of my bedI saw a bright light, and in this light a shadowy arm which passed and repassed before me, as if to magnetize me. Then I went to sleep again, and some instants afterwards, waking anew, I saw again the same light, but it had changed its…
1913 · PDF PAGE 463
…d that you would help him in his enterprise. He told my daughter and myself that in his vicarage in the country, he had already made one night an evocation of the devil by the help of a popular grimoirve. ‘Then’ said he, ‘a whirlwind seemed to shake the vicarage; the rafts groaned, the wainscoting cracked, the doors shook, the windows opened with a crash, and whistlings were heard in every corner of the house.’ He then expected that formid- able vision to follow, but he saw nothing; no monster pre- sented itself; in a word, the devil would not …
1922 · PDF PAGE 311
…‘ This is the latest fashion in the studio,” said Lala gaily. She was obviously trying to relieve the tension. ‘* Basil invented it last night. We call it Kubla Khan 297
1909 · PDF PAGE 125
…forward, and released me from my unpleasant situation. “ But the shame of me, as I slunk away down the streets| I would not go home that night at all, ashamed to face my own servants. “T told myself, in the end, that this was a rare accident; but for all that there must have remained a slight stain upon the mirror of perfect chivalry. In the old days when they taught logic in the schools one learnt how delicate a flower was a ‘universal affirmative.’ “It was some uneventful months after this ‘ tragedy of the ideal’ that Iwas again walking home …
1909 · PDF PAGE 128
…ademoiselle,’ I cried indignantly. “«T am here’ (she sobbed) ‘ for a month, starved, whipped— oh! By day the window barred with iron; by night, open, the more to mock my helplessness!’ Then, with a sudden cry, her little pink hand darting out and showing a faultless arm: ‘Look! look! she is on you.’ “ The mother had drawn herself away with infinite stealth, regained her feet, and, a thin stiletto in her hand, was crouched to spring. Indeed, as she leapt I was hard put to jt to avoid the lunge; the dagger-edge grazed my arm as I stepped aside. “…
1909 · PDF PAGE 125
…forward, and released me from my unpleasant situation. “ But the shame of me, as I slunk away down the streets| I would not go home that night at all, ashamed to face my own servants. “T told myself, in the end, that this was a rare accident; but for all that there must have remained a slight stain upon the mirror of perfect chivalry. In the old days when they taught logic in the schools one learnt how delicate a flower was a ‘universal affirmative.’ “It was some uneventful months after this ‘ tragedy of the ideal’ that Iwas again walking home …
1909 · PDF PAGE 128
…ademoiselle,’ I cried indignantly. “«T am here’ (she sobbed) ‘ for a month, starved, whipped— oh! By day the window barred with iron; by night, open, the more to mock my helplessness!’ Then, with a sudden cry, her little pink hand darting out and showing a faultless arm: ‘Look! look! she is on you.’ “ The mother had drawn herself away with infinite stealth, regained her feet, and, a thin stiletto in her hand, was crouched to spring. Indeed, as she leapt I was hard put to jt to avoid the lunge; the dagger-edge grazed my arm as I stepped aside. “…
1912 · PDF PAGE 181
THE TELL-TALE HEART Come in, Warren; come in, Anderson; a cold night; we’ll have a drop of something to warm us by and by. [More mm” more at his ease. SERGEANT. Why, the fact is, Mr. Adams, neighbour Clark here heard a dreadful cry in the cottage, and JACK. Hal Ha! Clark, you're a funny fellow. It’s no joke to me, though, for the fact is I had the most awful dream SERGEANT. And so you shrieked, of course. Strikes me, neighbour Clark, you've found a pretty mare‘s nest. CLARK. But where’s 016 Meyer? I swear I saw him come in less than half an hou…
1912 · PDF PAGE 181
THE TELL-TALE HEART Come in, Warren; come in, Anderson; a cold night; we’ll have a drop of something to warm us by and by. [More mm” more at his ease. SERGEANT. Why, the fact is, Mr. Adams, neighbour Clark here heard a dreadful cry in the cottage, and JACK. Hal Ha! Clark, you're a funny fellow. It’s no joke to me, though, for the fact is I had the most awful dream SERGEANT. And so you shrieked, of course. Strikes me, neighbour Clark, you've found a pretty mare‘s nest. CLARK. But where’s 016 Meyer? I swear I saw him come in less than half an hou…
1929 · PDF PAGE 142
…N THE ART OF MAGICK. THE Neapolitan winter had overpassed its common clemency; save for a touch of frost, kindly and wholesome, on a few nights, it had no frown or rigour. Day after day the sun had enkindled the still air, and life had danced with love upon the hills. But on the night of her fullness, the moon was tawny and obscure, with a reddish vapour about her, as if she had wrapped herself in a mantle of anger; and the next dawn broke grey with storm, the wind tearing its way across the mountain spine of Italy, as if some horde of demon ba…
1907 · PDF PAGE 108
…he attains the graal of his hopes and aspirations : O God , Thy blinding beauty , and the light Shed from Thy shoulders , and the golden night 1 Tannhäuser , vol . i, p . 227 . 2 Ibid .
1904 · PDF PAGE 86
…zed, just when I was feeling nice, it turned sick and collapsed, and took ten minutes to get well again. Why, I could have gone on all night without those silly intervals ! And the old fool says it tires him and he cant dig today because his back aches, so hes gone fishing. Fishing ! Ill fish him when he comes home. I believe hes gone to see that lioness he was so fond of in the old days. She was rude enough to both of us yesterday though-so are all the beasts since we ate that apple Lord God made all the fuss about. The serpents as much…
1907 · PDF PAGE 89
… me a little? Fool! Fool! Ay, there’s a pair of us—why do we wait here and let our happiness stand in the cold and knock at our door all night? BLANCHE. Don’t! Don’t make me more miserable and hopeless than I am. [DENYS determines to make a general advance. DENYS. [Zenderly.| Little fool ! [He waits. She struggles in herself ; and at last ruefuland pouting, gets up and stands before him downcast, rubbing her eyes. He takes full advantage of hts position. [ith mock severity.) Aren’t youashamed of yourself ? BLANCHE. [ Sobbia7¢.| After all you ha…
1909 · PDF PAGE 365
…rain, which fell heavily, had apparently not the slightest effect in cooling his heated brain. As I passed him I spoke: “What a wretched night!” The sound of my voice startled him. He seized my arm and hurried me towards the lamp-post. Then he stared at me for a long time, and, speaking slowly, hammering every syllable in my ear, while the rain continued its monotonous lamentation, he began: “T should be very much surprised if this were not the cover I am waiting for. No fallacies will induce me to free you now that at last I have found you. I …