1913 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Lies
The Book of Lies (1913), PDF p. 114
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KE®AAH P
STARLIGHT
Behold! I have lived many years, and I have
travelled in every land that is under the
dominion of the Sun, and I have sailed the
seas from pole to pole.
Now do I lift up my voice and testify that all
is vanity on earth, except the love of a good
woman, and that good woman LAYLAH.
And I testify that in heaven all is vanity
(for I have journeyed oft, and sojourned oft,
in every heaven), except the love of OUR
LADY BABALON. And I testify that
beyond heaven and earth is the love of OUR
LADY NUIT.
And seeing that I am old and well stricken in
years, and that my natural forces fail, there-
fore do I rise up in my throne and call upon
THE END.
For I am youth eternal and force infinite.
And at THE END is SHE that was LAY-
LAH, and BABALON, and NUIT,
being
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