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…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 halt From many contempla…
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…ands and = swords of hearts at home. war,! Now must for aye, a constellation, stand— , The fire of love no waters shall devour; Thou new strong nation! as the eagle} The faith of friendship stands the shocks aspires of time 5 To match the sun’s own fires, Seal with your voice the triumph of this hour, Children of our Jand, hear the children of | Your glory to our glory and our power, your sires. Alliance of one tongue, one faith, one clime ! Seal and clasp hands; and let the sea pro- We stretch out hands to-day when the white claim wings . 4 Fr…
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…eak 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 flame grows dull ; The ruddy-cheeked sea-breezes shame its spark ; Wan rainy winds of autumn on the dark Leafless and purple moors, that rage and Tull With a damned soul’s despair, these leave their mark, Their brand of fire That burns the dross, that wings the heart to its desire. Vp de Daniel i. 2 Oriental symbol for the body. XII. No prostitution may be shunned by him Who would achieve …
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… lights dip down, and shadows fill The dreams that haunt myhead. I sing strange stories of that world No man may ever see ; My lips with strong delight are curled To kiss the sacred knee, And all my soul is dewed and pearled With tears of poetry. The strong mysterious spell is. cast ~ To bind and to release ; To give the devils hope at last, To the unburied peace ; To gladden the reluctant past With silent harmonies. The song grows wilder now and strives All heaven to enchain, As who should grasp a thousand lives, And draw their breath again In…
1905 · PDF PAGE 159
…iation? We have sinned, But our iniquity he purged away, Who as avenger hath denied his life, To be made one with ye. O by his blood And strong desire of holiness, and might And justice, let him mediate between And mitigate your anger, that the name Of Egypt may not perish utterly, Make, make an end! THE LEPER. All things must work themselves To their own end. Created sin grown strong Must claim its guerdon. Ye abase your- selves Well for repentance ; but ye shall not ward With tears and prayers the ruin ye have made, Nor banish the enormous de…
1905 · PDF PAGE 75
…hal ! ELEAZAR. A help shall come from desert lands to us. CHORUS. Toward what end? much, But uttermost destruction more, for we Llave no strong hope in any hand of man: God is our refuge and our tower of strength. In Him if any man abide—But if He put his faith in horsemen, or the sword, The sword he trusted shall be for an end. For present help is EVBAZAR. But evils fall like rain upon the land. CHORUS. Let us not call the hail to give us peace. ELEAZAR, Nor on the sun, lest he too eat us up. CHORUS. The heart of a man as the sea Beats hither …
1905 · PDF PAGE 246
TANNHAUSER From jewelled eyes and lips in passion curled ? > O sister and O serpent and O mate, Strike the red fang of hate . Steady and strong, persistent to the heart ! So shall this song be made more ter- rible With the soul-mastering spell, Choke, stagger, know the Evil, Beauty’s counterpart ! Whose long-drawn curse runs venom in my veins ? What dragon spouse consumes me with her breath? What passionate hatred, what infernal pains, Mixed with thy being in the womb of Death? Blistering fire runs, Scorching, terrific suns, Through body and so…
1905 · PDF PAGE 76
…d to cleanse the land, For a sharp two-edgéd brand, All our homesteads to defend. Now amid the desert sand Lives an outcast of our race, Strong, immutable, and grand, And his mighty hand Grips a mighty mace. He would shatter, did we call, Sons of Ammon one and all, Did we fear not lest his eye Turn back covetous to try For our pleasances, to rule Where the far blue Syrian sky Stretches, where the clouds as wool Mark the white Arabian border, To become a tyrant king Where his sword came conquering. Out of chaos rises order On her wide unwearying…
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…, these people are as children, hiding Thoughts beautiful and true in profuse words, Not meaning all the lofty flight that fancy And the strong urgement of a tune dis- cover. Be thou our judge, as Joshua long ago. JEPHTHAH. Swear by the Name unspoken that the truth Flashes between the lips that tremble thus ! Ye love me not; ye fear me; ye might thrust Some petty obstacle before my hands When I would grasp your promise, and betray Your faith for fear of me. I read thy thoughts, Old man; I trust no word of thine; but these Full-hearted mourners,…
1905 · PDF PAGE 144
…h our fathers did you wrong ? Though brave sons brake our bitter yoke? Though we Strove to compel you to a cruel thong? What, though the stronger did defeat the strong? Both, wild and patient as the steep strong sea ? What matter that some strive to waken hate, Traitors to either state, Hang them inchains! Our way to Freedom cannot wait ! The petty partisans of party war, The hireling quillmen, and the jingo crowd, The well-paid patriots, scenting from afar Silence, their doom—shall they eclipse the Star Now crescent in the sky, whose music lou…
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…FORCE S’AFI. Speak ! I have this much of a god in me— I am not shaken at your cries; my lips Are silent at your -blasphemy ; my ears Are strong to hear if there be truth at all In your mixed murmurs: I command you, speak ! AMENHATEP. The burden of the madness of the Queen Lies on the land: the Syrian is near ; And she, believing that her godhead guards Her people, sleeps. The altars are thrown down ; The people murmur. wrong, But be thou mighty to avenge ! She hath done thee S’AFI. To-day I, Horus, shall become Osiris. Yea, Strange secret dream…
1905 · PDF PAGE 145
…born love and ardour unrepressed, Let Lethe steep in its unquiet rest The old years whose red hands have made us great. O fair republic, strong and swift, unbind The shackles of thy mind: More than our kin ye are; henceforth not less than kind. Bind on the splendid sandals, and unloose The burning horses, and fling widethe reins ! From cold Archangel unto Syracuse Iurope shall see and tremble and ask truce, And new blood pour through Asia’s wasted veins. Our Empire from Guiana to Hong Kong, In your new love made strong, Shall last while earth i…
1905 · PDF PAGE 194
…other cry began. ‘*Gereth the dauntless ! Gereth of the Sea! Gereth the loyal! Child of royalty ! Witch-mothered Gereth! Sword above the strong, Heart pure, head knightly throng Clamour my name, and flattering words, to me— If they may ’scape the quest—I do them wrong ; The many-wiled !” They are my friends! terrible Rings in the manly music that they swell. They are all caught in this immense desire Deeper than heaven, tameless as the fire. All catch the fear—the fear of Her—as well, And dare not—even afraid, I must aspire. Yet something 1 Cor…
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…usical, And all stringed instruments, to indite A noble song of triumph, such As men may go to fight withal. For now a captain brave and strong Shall break the fury of the thong Wherewith the sons of Ammon scourge Our country ; and his war shall urge Long columns of victorious men To blackest wood and dimmest den, Wherever fugitive and slave Shall seek a refuge, find a grave ; And so pursue the shattered legions Through dusty ways and desert regions Back to the cities whence they came With iron, massacre, and flame, And turn their own devouring…
1905 · PDF PAGE 135
…on, Echoes of the deeper words unspoken In thy breast and mine, O heart of silence ! Will they pierce one day to other nations Clear and strong and triumphing? It may be. Then we shall not envy you, my Horace !
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…ings are gathered, and the vultures fall Screaming, to hold their ghastly festival. Master, the sons of Freedom are but few— Yea, but as strong as the storm-smitten sea, Their forehead consecrated with the dew, Their heart made mighty: let my voice decree, My spirit lift their standard : clear and true Bid my trump sound, ‘‘ Let all the earth be free!” With thine own strength and melody made strong, And filled with fire and light of thine own song. Only a boy’s wild songs, a boy’s desire, I bring with reverent hands. The task is ended— The twil…
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…iving light, Clothed in thy love, enthronéd lazily In thine embrace, as naked as the night, As love and lover More pure, more keen, more strong than all my dreams discover. 1 Christ. - EPILOGUE. My heavy hair upon my olive skin (Baise la lourde crintére !) lrames with its ebony a face like sin. My heavy hair! You touched my lips and told me I was fair ; It was your wickedness my love to win. (Laise la lourde crinitre !) Your passion has destroyed my soul—what care If you desire me, and I hold you in My arms a little, and you love for lair My he…
1905 · PDF PAGE 103
…ouls from perishing in the inane, With music borrowed from the soul of God. We twain go thither, knowing no desire To lead us 3 but some strong necessity Urges, as lightning thunder, our slow steps Upward. For on the pleasant meadow-land That slopes to sunny bays, and limpid seas (That breathe like maidens-sleeping, for their breast Is silver with the sand that lies below,) Where our storm-strengthened dragon rests at last, 1 Referring to the story of the accidental discovery of the mine of Potosi by a man who, plucking a plant, found its roots…
1905 · PDF PAGE 78
… And limbs more amorous assuaged thy sire ; And fuller blood of his is tingling thus Now in thy veins indignant at our sin. But thou art strong and we are weak indeed, Nor can we bear the burden, nor sustain The fury of the Children of the East That ride against us, and bright victory Is thronéd in their banners, while on ours Perches the hideous nightbird of defeat. Mourn, mourn and cry ; bow down unto the dust QO israel, and O Gilead, for your son Comes with unpitying eyes and lips com- pressed To watch the desecration of thy shrine, Jehovah,…
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…e knelt down upon that holy spot And greeted her with tears; for now at last The fountains of her sorrow, vague and vast, Burst from the strong inexorable chain Of too great passion, and a mortal pain Beyond belief, and so in sudden waves Tears welled impatient from their crystal caves. (Men say those barren pinnacles are set Since then with jewels ; the white violet Was born of those pure tears; the snowdrop grew Where wakening hope her agonyshot through, And where the Queen of Love had touched her tears, The new-born lily evermore appears.) S…