1901 · CLOSE READING
The Soul of Osiris
The Soul of Osiris (1901), PDF p. 103
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THE HOLY PLACE.
91
CERBERUS.
STOOD within Death’s gate,
And blew the horn of Hell :
Mad laughters echoing against Fate,
Harsh groans less terrible,
Howled from beneath the vault ; in night the avenging
thunders swell.
The guardian stood aloof,
A monster multiform.
His armour was of triple proof,
His voice out-shrilled the storm.
Behind him all the Furies whirl and all the Harpies
swarm.
The first face spake and said :
“ Welcome, O King, art thou !
Await thy throne a thousand dead ;
A crown awaits thy brow,
A seven-sting scorpion ; for thy rod thou hast a bauble
now.”
The next face spake and said :
“ Welcome, O Priest, to me !
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