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THE EQUINOX
THE YOUNG JOHN. I am that I am, the flame
Hidden in the sacred ark.
I am the unspoken name,
I the unbegotten spark.
Iam He that ever goeth,
Being in myself the Way;
Known, that yet no mortal knoweth,
Shewn, that yet no mortal sheweth,
I, the child of night and day.
I am never-dying youth.
Iam Love, and I am Truth.
I am the creating Word,
I the author of the zon ;
None but I have ever heard
Echo in the empyrean
Plectron of the primal pzean!
I am the eternal one
Winged and white, the flowering rod,
I the fountain of the sun,
Very God of very God!
Iam he that lifteth up
Life, and flingeth it afar;
I have filled the crystal cup;
I have sealed the silver star.
I the wingless God that flieth
Through my firmamental fane,
Iam he that daily dieth,
And is daily born again.