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1917 · PDF PAGE 1

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…t hovered + ‘The music of three thoughts became The beauty, that is one white lame, ‘The justice that surpasses shame, ‘The victory, the splendour, ‘The sacred fountain that is whitled From depths beyond that older world ‘A new world to engender.* ‘The kingdom is extended? Night Dwells, and I contemplate the sight ‘That is not seeing, but the light ‘That secretly is kindled, tatty th ide, tn its darkness the Light may set

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The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…on, called the tiger on With whirling cries of pride, sought out the tomb Where lurking vampires battened, and my steel Fhas wrought its splendour through the gates of death, ‘My courage did not falter: now I feel My heart beat wave-wise, and my throat catch breath Asif [choked; some horror creeps between ‘The spirit of my will and its desire, Some just reluctance to the Great Unseen ‘That coils its nameless terrors, and its dit Fear round my heart ; a devil cold as ice Breathes somewhere, for I feel his shudder take ‘My veins: some deadlier as…

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The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

…ssed it so, Into the very Presence of the Three That Are beyond all Gods, And now I know E spiritual Light is drawing me ‘0 its stooping splendour. In my soul

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