1901 · CLOSE READING
The Soul of Osiris
The Soul of Osiris (1901), PDF p. 116
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THE SOUL OF OSIRIS.
My figure stands above, sublime,
Shadowing the Key of Life,
And the passion of my mighty rhyme
Divides me as a knife.
For secret symbols on my brow,
And secret thoughts within,
Compel eternity to Now,
Draw the Infinite within.
Light is extended. I and Thou
Are as they had not been.
So on my head the light is one,
Unity manifest ;
A star more splendid than the sun
Burns for my crownéd crest ;
Burns, as the murmuring orison
Of waters in the west.
What angel from the silver gate
Flames to my fierier face ?
What angel, as I contemplate
The unsubstantial space ?
Move with my lips the laws of Fate
That bind earth’s carapace ?
No angel, but the very light
And fire and spirit of Her,
Unmitigated, eremite,
The unmanifested myrrh,
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