THE RITES OF ELEUSIS
“ Ah
! the fair days ofjoyaunce and ofgree
“ When our mouths kissed, ah kissed ! " “ Maybe
! ”
" How blue the sky was, as our hope was clear ! "
“ Hope has gone down to Hell’s nadir.”
So in the foolish alleys they conferred,
And only midnight overheard.
AQUARIUS. Master, it is not to be borne.
MAGISTER TEMPLI.
Mother
of
Heaven, let
us
lament
together
!
[Recita Swinburne: “ 7he Garden ofProserfz'ne."
[MATER CCELI þ/ays according-b?
CAPRICORNUS. Master, it is not to be borne!
MAGISTER TEMPLI.
Mother of Heaven, let us work
to—
gether I
MATER C(ELI. Behold thine handmaidenl
[MAGISTER TEMFLI mul MATER CCELI go together hand z'n
hami, within the wil.
CAPRICORNUS turus light πῄ]
[MATER COELI ;5111315 a Pæah of despaz‘n‘r
[MAGISTER TEMPLI, finding veil, aþþan: standing an altar.
0 melancholy Brothers, dark, dark, dark
!
Ο battling' in black floods without an ark!
Ο spectral Wanderers of unholy Night!
My soul hath bled {or you these sunless years,
With bitter blood-drops running down like tears :
Oh, dark, dark, dark, withdrawn from joy and light
!
My heart is sick with anguish for your bale!
Your woe hath been my anguish ; yea, Ι quail
And perish in your perishing unblest.
And I have searched the heights and depths, the scope
Of all our universe, with desperate hope
Το find some solace for your wild unrest.
* Légende: Wieniawski,
fWiegenlied: Hauser.
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