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…hain of circumstance, And spat on Fate.” And all the priests shall say And all the people: ‘‘ Verily and Amen.” [Stabs himself. Ciuorus. Spirit of the Gods! O single, sacred, secret, let the length least and west, the depth and height, North and south, with music tingle, Ring with battled clarion choirs of the far- resounding light ! Let the might Of Osirian sacrifice Dwell upon the self-slain king ! Spirit of the Gods! Unite Streams of sacramental light In the soul, thrice purified, Consecrated thrice, Till Osiris justified In the supreme sacr…
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…n to thee, whose eyes Blaze on me with such look as flesh and blood May never see and live; for so it burns Into the innest being of the spirit And stains its vital essence with a brand Of fire that shall not change; and shudder- ing I Gaze back, spirit to spirit, with the like Insatiable desire, that never quenched, Nor lessened by sublime satiety, But rather crescent, hotter with the flame Of its own burning, that consumes it not, Because it is the pure white flame of God. I shudder, holding thee to me ; thy gaze Is still on me; a thousand ye…
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…F HIS TALE. . . . . THE TALE OF ARCHAIS— PaRT I... . . . . » IL. . . . . » Ill. . . . . . » IV. . . . : . EPILOGUE. . . . . SONGS OF THE SPIRIT— DEDICATION . . : . . THE GOAD . . . . . InN Memoriam A. J. BRB. . THE QUEST . . . , . THE ALCHEMIST . . . . SONNETS TO NIGHT. . . THE PHI.OSOPHER’S PROGRESS . SONNET. . . . . . AN ILI. DREAM . . THE PRIEST SPEAKS . . THE VIOLETS LOVE-STORY. THE FAREWELL OF PARACELSUS TO APRILE . . . . A SPRING SNOWSTORM IN WAST- DALE . . . . . IN NEVILLE’S Court, TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE . SUCCUBUS A RKONDEL NIGHTFAL…
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…e,! moon-god, grant thy boon, The silver pathway of the moon ! Beyond the Glory of the Dawn, Beyond the Splendour of the Sun, Thy secret Spirit is withdrawn, The plumes of the Concealed One. Amoun !7 upon the Cross I cry, ‘*T am Osiris, even I!” O Thou! the All, the many-named, The One in many manifest: ' Let not my spirit be ashamed, But win to its eternal rest! Thou Self from Nothing ! bring Thou me Unto that Self which is in Thee ! AMEN. 1 See previous explaniations of moon-symbol- ism), 2 The Supreme and Concealed One. Osiris, justified by …
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…ces! | Let deeper silence shield the deeper rapture ! Twin souls are Heaven ! Twin souls on earth by earthly bars divided ! But, did thy spirit glide as mine has glided Straight to That Star—no rose-leaves ask to leaven The manna that the Moon of Love pro- vided ! Twin souls are we, to one Star bound in Tleaven! we, to one Star bound in Not to thy presence in the veil and vision Of solemn lies that men miscall the world ; Not to thy mind the lightnings truthward hurled Tturn. IT laugh dead distance to derision !— Spirit to spirit: there our lov…
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…elf a worthy acolyte? How from my body shall my soul take flight, Being constrained in this devouring chain Ofselfishness? Tow purge the spirit quite Of gross desires That eat into the heart with their corrupting fires ? Old Buddha gave command ; Jehovah spake ; Strange distant gods that are not dead to- day Added their voices ; ITeaven’s desart way Man wins not but by sorrow—let him break The golden image with the feet of clay !! Let him despise That earthen vessel which the potter marred 2 —and rise! XI. As life burns strong, the spirit’s fla…
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SONGS OF THE SPIRIT.+ 1898. SONGS OF THE SPIRIT. ‘¢ A fool also is full of words.” Ecclesiastes. DEDICATION To J. L. BAKER. THE vault of purple that I strove To pierce, and find unchanging love, Or some vast countenance! above All glory of the soul of man, Baffled my blind aspiring gaze With sunlight’s melancholy rays, And closed with iron hand the ways That sunder space, divide the days with fiery fan. Thine was the forehead mild and grave That shone throughout the azure nave Where Monte Rosa’s silence gave The starry organ’s measured sound. W…
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…uitful for life and death, Wisdom her name ! This hour the foolish ones shall see their souls Shrink at my manifest deity. This night My spirit on my spirit shall beget Myself for my own child. Behold! they come, Fantastically moving through the dance, The many mourners, and the fatal bier Looms in the dimness of the anteroom. It is enough. My hour is at hand! CHORUS exter and ctrcumarntbulate. Even as the traitor’s breath Goeth forth, he perisheth By the secret sibilant word that is spoken unto death. Even as the profane hand Reacheth to the s…
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46 SONGS OF THE SPIRIT By these suppressed Desires my soul must flee, By heaven’s crest, I pray that secretly Toward God’s breast I draw, to find, maybe, Rest ! NIGHTFALL. THE seas that lap the sand Where lilies fill the land Are silent, while the moon ascends to span the curvéd leaves. The lordly stars arise With pity in their eyes So large and clear and wise, And angels yearn toward the world that wonders, wakes, and grieves. Sleep holds the hand of life, And, as a loving wife Moves not for fear the sufferer should wake before his hour, So sl…
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78. JEPHTHAH The spirit has God for a neighbour, And the wheels unreturning that ran Return to the heart of the roses, And curl in the new blossom now, As the holiest fire that encloses Gray flame? on the holiest brow. So midnight with magic reposes, And slumbers to visions bow. For the soul of man, being free, shall pass the gates of God, | And_ the spirit find the Sea by the feet of clim ? untrod, And the flesh, a lifeless ember, in ashen fear vrow cold, As the lives before remember the perished hours of gold. [ xeunt all but JEPHTHAH. JEPHTH…
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…e intolerable flames of hair That clothe my body from your head; you win The devil’s bargain; Tam yours to kill, Yours, for one kiss; my spirit for your skin! O bitter love, consuming all my will! O love destroying, that hast drained my life Of all those fountains of dear blood that fll My heart! wife ? Would I content you with one touch divine To flood your spirit with the clinging strife O woman, would I call you Of perfect passionate joy, the joy of wine, The drunkenness of extreme pleasure, hlled From sin’s amazing cup? Oh, mine, mine, mine…
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190 bf THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST Conceive, I charge thee! Brace thy spirit up To drink at that imagination’s cup ! Then, shriek, and pass! For thou shalt understand A little of the pressure of the hand That crushed me now. Yes, yes! let fancy sup That grislier banquet than old Atreus 4 planned ! wasind cannot fathom, nor the brain conceive, Nor soul assimilate, nor heart believe The horror of that Thing without a Name. Full on me, boasting, like Death’s hand it came, And struck me headlong. I weave The web of mine old agony and shame. Linger…
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…ead of the light, The abyss of these unfathomable skies, Exhaust my being ; I desire the night. Lo! I have written all the destinies Thy spirit bade me write. The noise of rushing water! And the sound Of tenfold thunder! Mighty a flame of fire Roars downward: asa maiden from a swound My spirit answers to its own desire. My feet are firm again upon the ground— Vea! but my head is higher. My face is shining with the fire of heaven. I move among my fellows as a ghost. With thought for bread and memory for leaven My life is nourished, yet my life i…
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…gh, and drank, and died ! Her murders and her blasphemies, Her whoredoms, God has paid at last; Upon my bosom close she lies; Her carnal spirit holds me fast. My blood, my infamy, my pain, Seal my subjection and her reign. My veins poured out her marriage cup, For holy water her cruel tongue ; For blessing of white hands raised up, These perfumed infamies unsung; For God’s breath, her sharp tainted breath ; For marriage bed, the bed of death. The hounds that scavenge, fierce and lean, Snarl in the moonlight ; in the sky The vulture hangs, a gho…
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…e blinding day I have come out from: yes, that fearful light Was not the Sun: my life has been the death, This death may be the life: my spirit sight Knows that at last, at least. My doubtful breath Is breathing in a nobler air; I know, I know it in my soul, despite of this, The clinging darkness of the Long Ago, Cruel as death, and closer than a kiss, This horror of great darkness. I am come Into this darkness to attain the light : To gain my voice I make myself as dumb: That I may see I close my outer sight : So, I am here. My brows are bent …
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…itadel. They open Tell To let the Furies and the Fates spring forth On their wild chargers of the icy North To quench the holy lamp. His spirit and his life within him quail, And all the armaments of sin assail With deadly tramp - And swordless fury. Ilell devours and tears The heart of any a man, whom heavenly airs Shield and lead on afar, Where beyond storm and passion is the sky, And where the sacred hand of the Most High Holds out a star. Ife stands amid the storm, a mighty rock ; His long hair blows about, the demons mock I]Jis entry to th…
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…room Seems to my fancy to be tossed about, Rocking and whirling on some dizzy sea. There is a horrible feeling in the air. [She shudders SPIRIT OF TRAGEDY. [During this speech sighs, crtes, voices Jrom without indicate the action, The keystone of this arch of misery Is set by the unfaltering hands Of Fate. How desperate the anarchy Wrought in one hour ! The fickle sands Run through the glass, and all the light is gone. Abysses without name the mighty power Spans with spread fingers; on the horizon Blood stains the setting sun, The shattered sun…
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…itten noon ! O sworded with the majesty of light, O girded with the glory of the moon ! Angel of absolute splendour! Link mine Old weary spirit with the All-Divine! of Ship that shalt carry me by many winds Driven on the limitless ocean! Mighty sword, By which I force that barrier of the mind’s Miscomprehension of its own true lord ! Listen, and answer, and behold my brow Fiery with hope! Bend down, and touch it now ! 1 From Kether, the Vast Countenance, are said to flow ‘' 13 fountains of magnificent oil”’ through Mezla, the Influence, upon Ti…
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…! my pure heart! Adulterous love began So subtly to identify the man With its own perfumed thoughts. the grape Into the furtive brain—-a spirit shape Kisses my spirit as no woman can. 1 love her—yes; and I have no escape. So steals I never spoke, I never looked! But she Saw through the curtains of the soul of me, And loved me also! It is very well. Tam well started on the road to Hell. Loved, and no sin done! Ay, the world shall] see The quest is first—a love less terrible. Yet, as I ride toward the edge of snow That cuts the blue, I think. Jor…
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TANNHAUSER 233 VENUS. Answer that call—and thou art lost indeed ! Wake thou thy spirit in this hateful sleep, Keeping the vision, rise, and spit on her! TANNHAUSER. Spit on Thy likeness? I who love Thee sor VENUS. Yes, yes: obey me! She will leave thee then. She hath assumed mine image ! [ Thunder. TANNHAUSER. What is that? VENUS. Mere thunder on the mountain top. Do this, And I will come in sleep, in sleep renew The carnal joys of day. TANNHAUSER. Hast Thou forgot? It is the fleshly I would flee ! VENUS. Forget ? But I strive fleshwards. Let o…