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THE LADDER 
 
 
Let loose—new laws, new beings, new conditions :— 
Dire chaos ;  see !  these new-fledged wings 
Fail in its vaguenesses and inanitions. 
Only my circle saves me from the hate 
Of all these monsters dead yet animate. 
I match, &c 
 
YESOD 
Hail, thou full moon, O flame of Amethyst !   
Stupendous mountain on whose shoulders rest 
The Eight Above.  More stable is my crest 
Than thine—and now I pierce thee, veil of mist !   
Even as an arrow from the war-bow springs 
I leap—my life is set with loftier things. 
I match, &c. 
 
SAMECH (and the crossing of the Path of Pe) 
Now swift, thou azure shaft of fading fire, 
Pierce through the rainbow !  Swift, O swift !  how streams 
The world by !  Let Sandalphon and his quire 
Of Angels ward me !   
Ho !  what planet beams 
This angry ray ?  Thy swords, thy shields, thy spears !   
Of meteors war and blaze ;  but I am I, 
Horus himself, the torrent of the sky 
Aflame—I sweep the stormy seas of air 
Towards that great globe that hangs so golden fair. 
I match, &c.