1930 · CLOSE READING
Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)
Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3) (1930), PDF p. 25
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APPENDIX IL
ONE STAR IN SIGHT.
Thy feet in mire, thine head in murk,
O man, how piteous thy plight,
The doubts that daunt, the ills that irk,
Thon hast nor wit nor will to fight —
How hope in heart, or worth in work ?
No star in siglit !
Thy G ods proved puppets of the priest.
“Truth ? All’s relation !” science sighed.
In bondaae with thy brother beast,
Love tortured thee, as Love’s hope died
And Love’s faith rotted. Life no least
Dim star descried.
Thy cringing carrion cowered and crawled
To find itself a chance-cast clod
Whose Pain was purposeless; appalled
That aimless accident thus trod
Its agony, that void skies sprawled
On the vain sod !
Ail soûls eternally exist,
Each individual, ultimate,
Perfect -— each makes itself a mist
Of mind and flesh to celebrate
With some twin mask their tender tryst
Insatiate.
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