XI
, . Follow Iacchus from the Indian vales!
Ay! rub yourself, you big lascivious cat,
; Set him with s ilk-whi
On the electric soft, the wanton fur! ong upon the milk-white ass:
; Follow Iacchus whil
Call upon Hera! You’ve a furious gnat us while the sunset pales
Revel it on the flower- I s
Worth any gadfly ever sent from her! ver-enamelied grass
; While the moon lasts; then plunge in trackless woads'
Call upon Aphrodite! she will send PINE WD ETACETCSS WO ms
Slay beasts unheard-of
and blaspheming kings!
No sparrows from her prudish Paphian home!
Mingle in madness with strange sisterhoods!
Call upon Artemis! She will not bend
Dare black Aornos with Daedalian wings!
To lift you from your seas of bitter foam!
oo, All words! words! there’s a hunger to express
Nay! wrap yourself and rub yourself in silk! ° press
The infinite pangs, the infinite mighty blisses
Drink of my blood, engorge my fruitless sperm!
Stored in the house of rapture and distress
For you were suckled on the poisonous milk
Whose key is one of our blood-tainted kisses
That betrays virgins to the deathless worm.
Whose fume arises from the accursed sod
Are we not glad thereof? Kiss, Lola, kiss,
Where we lie burning an] blaspheming God.
Comrade of mine in the uttermost abyss!
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