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THE STAR IN THE WEST
And he with open lips voluptuous
Closed her sweet
mouth
with kisses, and
so pressed
Her sobbing bosom
with a manlier breast
That
..
She
submits , not
to
the
god , but
to
the
man .
Within the god , the godhood vanishes ; for the power
of love rules
all
,
and
the god once again becomes
in
carnated
in
the form
of
a
divine man
.”
So the morning past
And found
them linked inexorably fast
Each
in
the other's arms
.
Their lips are wed
To drink the breezes
from the fountain
-
head
Of
vers
'
breath
.3
Then
all
her
senses
leap
to
the
melodious
song
of
Zeus
,
a
divine lyric
;
the following
are two
of
its
seven
beautiful verses
:
O
lamp
of
love
!
The hissing spray shall jet thee with desire
And foaming fire
,
And fire from thee shall move
Her spirit
to
devour
,
And fuse and mingle
us
in
one transcendent hour
.
Godhead
is
less
Than mortal love
,
the garland
of
the spheres
,
Than those
sweet
tears
That yield
no
bitterness
To the luxurious cries
That love shrills out
in
death
,
that murmur when
love
dies
.4
The hour
of
noon approaches
,
it
falls
,
and the curse
resumes
its
sway
;
a
fiery snake winds
its
coils round
the
sleeping
god
,
and hisses
in
his
ear
,
“
awake
!
”
1
The Tale
of
Archais
,
vol
.
i,
p
.
22
.
2
Eros
(
w
.)
descending upon God
(
778,7
.),
transforms God into
(
171017.
)
Christ
.
3
The Tale
of
Archais
,
vol
.
i,
p
.
22
.
+
Ibid
.
vol
.i,
p
.
23
.