HUMN TO PAN
My body, weary of empty clasp,
Strong as a lion and sharp as an asp—
' Come, O come!
Tam numb
With the lonely lust of devildom. ;
‘Thrust thy sword through the galling fetter,
All-devourer, all-begetter;
Give me the sign of the Open Eye,
And the token erect of thorny thigh,
And the word of madaess and mystery, j
© Pan! Io Pan!
To Pan! Io Pan Pan! Pan Pan! Pan,
Tamaman:
Do as thou wilt, as a great god can,
Pan! Io Pan!
To Pan! Io Pan Pan! Iam awake
In the grip
of the snake.
‘The eagle slashes with beak and claw;
The gods withdraw:
‘The great beasts come, Io Pan! I am borne
To death on the horn
Of the Unicorn.
Tam Pan! IoPan! Jo Pan Pan! Pan!
Tam thy mate, I am thy man,
Goat of thy flock, I am gold, I am god,
Flesh to thy bone; flower to thy rod. a
With hoofs of steel I race on the rocks
Through solstice stubborn to equinox. Z
And I rave; and I rape and I rip and I rend :
Everlasting, world without end, 2
In the might of Pan. :