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…pose darts, the flash of a striking adder. Love that kills and kisses dwells above to sadden us ; Dawn brings reason back and the violet eyes grows sadder. O Madonna of the Golden [yes ! Swooned the deep sunlight above the summer stream ; Droned the sleepy dragon-Hy by the water spring3 Stood we in the noeontide in a misty dream, Fearful of our voices, of some sudden thing. ; O Madonna of the Golden Eyes! Dared we whisper? Dared we lift our eyes to see there In their desperate depth some mutual flame of treason ? Dared we move apart? to be ther…
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…e; Then you burned, afire, caught up the ghastly head, Looked like Hell right into it, and spat} upon the face ! O Madonna of the Golden Eyes! ‘‘Come with me,” you whispered, ‘‘ come, and let the moon Lend her light to madden us through the hours of pleasure ; Let thedayspring pass and brighten intonoon! Yet no limit find our love, nor passion find a measure !” O Madonna of the Golden Eyes! Dawn brought reason back, and the violet eyes are sadder :-— O they were golden once, and I call them golden still ! Dawn has brought remorse, the sting of …
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…me like the hideous-fronted tomb, Whereon are graven strange words of mis- belief ; Thy brazen forehead, and its lustre gloom ! Sinister eyes, you burn into my breast, Creating an infernal cavern of woe, Where strange sleek leopards lash them in unrest, And furtive serpents crawling to and fro— Sinister eyes, you burn into my breast ! All hell, all destinies of death are written Like litanies blaspheming in those eyes ; And where the lightning of high God hath smitten Lie the charred brands of monstrous in- famies, Wherein all destinies of deat…
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…se to mine, as in the south We see the sun close fast upon the sea ; So, my own heart, thy mouth must close on me. Art thou awake? Those eyes of wondering love, Sweet as the dawn and softer than the dove, Seek no quick vision—yet they move to me And, slowly, to the child. How still are we! Yes, and a smile betokens that they wake Or dream a waking dream for kisses’ sake ; Yes, I will touch thee, O my low sweet brow ! My wife, thy lips to mine—yes, kiss me now ! IV. THE VOYAGE SOUTHWARD. Hoty as heaven, the home Of winds, the land of foam, The p…
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…moon is overhead— Some other meaning in the words he saith? Even so the king had Or, am I tricked in such a little snare? I lifted up my eyes. What soul stood there, Fronting my path? Tall, stately, delicate, A woman fairer than a pomegranate. A silver spear her hands of lotus hear, One shaft of moonlight quivering and straight. She pointed to the East with flashing eyes : “Thou canst not see her—but my Queen shall rise.” Bowed head and heating heart, with feet unsure I passed her, trembling, for she was too pure. I could have loved her. No: sh…
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…Amazed, a shape seems always at my back To whisper wickedness, o’erheard none, And stealthily to follow on my track, And cloke my lifted eyes with suffocating black. of Vainly I turn to seek him, for my eyes Are dimmed with saltness never born of brine ; Vainly I fight the air ; he sneers, and lies. He laughs at all this agony of mine. IIe chills my heart, and desecrates th: shrine Where Love his holy incense used to burn. He mocks those thoughts, those songs, those looks divine While his lewd visage no man may dis- cern, And baffling darkness …
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…at sights seen? Foul orgies without number In dens and caves obscene, Accurst, detestable, Ah God ! the shapes that throng! Ah God! what eyes! The souls grown sharp and strong That my lips made their prize, The ruined souls, the wrecks Of bodies fair of flecks Long since, ere God did vex My soul with sacrifice. These press upon my lips What lips of flame To burn me, unless slips Some cooler kiss, from shame Washed clean by God’s desire, To save me from their fire— Those kiss me and respire The perfume of the Name.} Remorse and terror banished B…
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… only far down where there are no more bright stars it is a deep, deep blue. It is bluer and deeper than the sea, PERCY. It is like your eyes. [Comes oud into corridor.) Esmé! I have looked into your eyes as your eyes look into ifleaven, and thereI have found my Ileaven. O serene depths! O faultless face of my desire! O white brow too clear! I sin against your holiness by my presence. Only the moon should see you, Esmé. EsSME [Aad 72 tears]. You don’t mean like that, Percy, quite. Why do you say that? Enter VAUGHAN 21 shadow. He draws back and …
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…’ their corruption Can you not see? Loathsome linked Whisper lewd fancies in my ear. Great fish, Monstrous and flat, with vile malignant eyes, And crawling beetles of gigantic strength, Crushed, mangled, moving,! are about me. Go! Go! do not touch the carcase of myself That is abased, defiled, abominable. MADELINE. O Heart of Jesus! Thou art bleeding still ! This was Thy true disciple. Leave her not, Sweet Jesus, in this madness. Who is this? Enter ULRIC; he carrtes a rasor. ULRICc.? I have a lovely bride at last, my dear ! A phantom with intol…
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… dust upon the empty ground. She goes, our sorrow’s sacrifice, Our lamb, our firstling, frail and white, With large sweet love-illumined eyes Into the night, into the night. The throne of night shall be withdrawn ; So moveth she toward the dawn. All peoples and all kings that move By love and sacrifice inspired In light and holiness and love, And seek some end of God desired, Pass, though they seem to sink in night, To dawns more perdurably bright. So priest and people join to praise The secret wisdom of the Lord, Awaiting the arisen rays That …
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238 TANNHAUSER Who cometh from the ocean as a flower? Who blossometh above the barren sea? Thy lotus set beneath thee for a bower, Thine eyes awakened, lightened, fallen on me? O Goddess, queen, and wife ! O Lady of my life! Who set thy stature as a wood to wave? Whose love begat thy limbs? Whose wave-washed body swims That nurtured thee, and found herselfa grave? ‘But thou, O thou, hast risen from the deep! All mortals mourn and weep To see thee, seeing that all love must die Beside thy beauty, see thee and despair ! Deadly as thou art fair, I…
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…elf, the hideous fruit Of what strange poisons? But in mine own self I am the king and chief of all the priests ; And thou, in thine own eyes, art a young god, Strong, beautiful, and lithe, a leaping fawn Upon the mountains. We are priests SAFI. Yea, I am a god. I am fire against the fountain of my birth, The storm upon the earth that nurtured me !} Leave me: we twain have no more words to speak. THE LEEPER. Neither in heaven nor in hell. I go, The dead king, worshipping the living man. [Aves. S’AFI. I have been a god so long, my thoughts run h…
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…And we have thought LANDGRAVE. Friends, will you swear to him? HEINRICH. Yes, yes, ‘tis he! WOLFRAM. I know the blithe look in the sober eyes ! LANDGRAVE, Changed verily. It was most urgent, cousin, I were assured of your identity. — Three weeks the couriers scour the land for you, Urgent demands: last? Your horse? Your arms? since Germany Saw the brave eyes and kindly face of you! Where have you been? Upon the sacred quest Still riding? how came you here at Three years TANNHAUSER. Ay, my lord, upon the quest. LANDGRAVE. Vou travelled in far la…
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…ngs— Shapes of bright breasts that purple as the sun Grows dark and dun, Of pallid lips more haggard for the kiss Of Salmacis,? Of eager eyes that startle for the fear Too dimly dear Lest there come death, like passion, and fulfil Their dreams of ill! Oh! lift thy forehead to the night’s cool wind ! The meekest hind That fears the noonday in her grove is bold To seek the gold So pale and perfect as the moon puts on: The light is gone. Hardly as yet one sees the crescent maid Move, half afraid, Into the swarthy forest of the air And, breast made…
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…rth, Ten thousand loves that laughed a little while. No; for one woman did not laugh, too wise ! But came so close, and looked within my eyes So deeply that I saw not anything. Only her eyes grew, as a purple ring Shielding the sun. They grew; they uttered lies— They fascinate and cleave to me and cling. Then in their uttermost profound I saw The veil of Love’s unalterable law Lifted, and in the shadow far behind Dim and divine, within the shadow blind My own love’s face most amorously draw Out of the deep toward my cloudy mind. O suddenly I fe…
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170 THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST With strange eyes kindling, as the fleet Implacable untiring feet Weave mystic figures manifold That draw down angels to behold The moving music, and the fire Of their intolerable desire. For, maddening to fiercer thought, The fiery limbs requicken, wheel In formless furies, subtly wrought Of swifter melodies than steel That flashes in the fight : the peal Of amorous laughters choking sense, And madness kissing violence, Rings like dead horsemen ; bodies reel Drunken with motion ; spirits feel The strange constr…
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…ilently ; Whom now beholding, checked her eager team, Dipped to the foam from which she sprang. whose gleam Bore the sweet mirage of her eyes, and bent Over the weary Charicles. Content With him she spake, and he, still buffeting The waves, looked never up, but with the swing Of strong fierce limbs, clove through the water gray. Hearing her voice, he answered, ‘‘ Ere the day Has fallen from his pinnacle must I Reach sea-girt Paphos, with a bitter cry To clasp the knees of Cytherea, and pray That she will aid me.” Then the billows lay 1 Aphrodit…
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THE TALE OF ARCIPAIS a) But [am born of gods, and turn My eyes to thee, thyself divine. My vigorous heart and spirit yearn With love, my cheeks with passion burn— As thy clear eyes may well discern By gazing into mine. Thy heart is cool, thy cheeks are pale, Nor blush with shame like winter wine To understand my amorous tale, For words and looks of Love must fail To touch thee, since a snowy veil Ts "twixt my mind and thine. Dear goddess, al whose carly breast I drank in all desires and woes3 Most reverend god, who oft caressed Her pale chaste …
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…ad Their face, and fled ! O wonderful fresh blossom of the wood ! O purpling blood ! O azure veins as clear as all the skies! QO longing eyes That look upon me fondly to beget Two faces, set ‘ither like flowers upon their laughing blue, Where morning dew Sparkles with all the passion of the dawn ! The happy lawn Leads, by the stillest avenues, to groves Made soft by loves ; And all the nymphs have made a mossy dell Ward by the well Where even a Satyr might behold the grace Of such a face «As his? who perished for his own delights, So well requi…
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…r solitude, I went Nightly upon a rock that stood alone Threatening the sandy wilderness, and prayed Where many visions came before mine eyes So strange—these eyes have started from my head, And every hair, grown fearful, like a steed Reared in its frenzy: see, these lips of mine Have blanched, these nails have bitten through my flesh For sundry things I saw —and these in- formed My open spirit by their influence, And taught imine ears to catch no doubtful sound Of prophecy, but fix it in my mind, A lambent liquid fire of poetry Full of all mea…