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Page 14 of 921954 · PDF PAGE 380
…e still; and we saw that they were disputing about the coins that we had handed over. Finally, about 20 miles from Madrid, they wouldn't take our money at all! Instead, they pointed out that we were English gentlemen, and they would be eternally honoured and grateful if we would send the money from Madrid! On arrival at that city, we noticed long queues of people besieging the Banks; I put my finger to my nose, and said Aha! But, sitting down at a cafe, oh no! not at all! Pesos were passing without question. Well, well! So I got into conversati…
1929 · PDF PAGE 321
…W. appears, with an evil look. She glitters, like a jewelled serpent.) Strange bands of light scintillate between her and Aiwass. A. now takes wand again; still feels enmity on spiritual planes. Aiwass banished; S. W. has disappeared. A. now tries to speak to A.'.. He wants G. R.; does not mind whether S. W. is with me or not; but I should use Brahmacharya (? if with her, or anyhow), I shall be guided as things turn up, as to the truth or falsehood of Aiwass, who is not to be altogether distrusted. (I think the opposition is Aiwass's limitation…
1922 · PDF PAGE 123
…, as if uncertain how far to go. He thrust them back into his . pocket with a decisive gesture. “‘ Look here, old chap,” he said, “ I’ll take a chance on you. We all know what you did for England during the war—and take one thing with another, you're about my first pick.” He stopped short. We looked at him blankly, though we were seething with some blind suppressed excite- ment whose nature we could hardly describe. He took out a pipe, and began to nibble the vulcanite rather nervously. He drew a deep breath, and looked Lou straight in the face…
1954 · PDF PAGE 57
…t surfeited with knowledge, above all things; it is so very fascinating , so dreadfully easy; and the danger of becoming a pedant-"Deuce take all your pedants! say I." Don't "dry-rot at ease 'till the Judgment Day." No, I will NOT recommend a book. It should not hurt you too much to browse on condensed hay (or thistles) such as articles in Encyclopedias . Take Roget's Thesaurus or Smith's Smaller Classical Dictionary (and the like) to read yourself to sleep on. But don 't stultify yourself by taking up such study too seriously. You only make yo…
1903 · PDF PAGE 62
…ful wing, Seeing our honour stood a citadel. I saw the foolishness of love and saith : “ I am exalted over shame and death, But will not take my fill of death and shame.” For each kiss leaps, a more insistent breath, And adds fresh fuel to the amorous flame, Not quells it—Is not honour but a name ? 42
1941 · PDF PAGE 10
… array To hymn our fathers martyrdom. Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust. They diedthey diedand we are free. Take up their cross! Deserve their crown! The stainless flag of liberty By man shall not be trodden down! Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust. In war and earthquake, wreck and wrong, Still let the flag of freedom fly In peace and safety, still be strong! For we will live as we would die. Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust.
1922 · PDF PAGE 323
Out of Harm’s Way 309 take it easy. I'll tell them to get some refreshments ready and send some one down to bring you along.” He waved his hand and strode up the hill with the steady swinging step of the practised mountaineer. Lou’s hand crept into mine. We were alone with nature. A new feeling had been born in us. The sense of personality had somehow faded out. I drew her gently into my arms; and we exchanged a long kiss such as we had never done before. We were not kissing each other. We were parts of the picture, whose natural expression it …
1903 · PDF PAGE 54
…t love and this are as diverse As Shelley’s poems and my verse. And now the bright laugh comes in spite Of all the cruel will can do. “I take,” you say, “a keen delight In Shelley, but as much in you.” There, you are foolish. And you know The thing I meant to say. O love! What little lightnings serve to show Glimpses of all your heart! Above All, and beneath all, lies there deep, Canopied over with young sleep, 52
1910 · PDF PAGE 120
… afraid To see the Maker in the Made ? Some one-eyed cripple hunchback built Yon marble tower whose coolth and shade Gladdens the lover. Take the fact And leave the cause ! What joy or aid Springs form thy searches for the cause ? Thy cause thou dost to earth degrade, Bounding its nature ; shall Habib’s Delicious podex be displayed To weaklings whose erections lags For them to prate and make parade Of tedious knowledge ? Rather plunge To scabbard the impassioned blade ! Throughout the summer to indulge The sodomitic1 accolade ! Forget, an if th…
1941 · PDF PAGE 6
… array To hymn our fathers martyrdom. Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust. They diedthey diedand we are free. Take up their cross! Deserve their crown! The stainless flag of liberty By man shall not be trodden down! Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust. In war and earthquake, wreck and wrong, Still let the flag of freedom fly In peace and safety, still be strong! For we will live as we would die. Ashes to ashes? Dust to dust? So let it be! In God we trust.
1902 · PDF PAGE 72
… With new electric fervour ? Will she be My equal ? She is mortal and a child. Her arms are frail and white. Her lily cheeks Could never take thy kiss. Thy love would shock, Repel. I scorn to say her love were less Than mine : I tell thee that she could not love Thee even at all as thou wouldst understand. Tannhauser. So certain art thou ? Let me go to her, Try, and come back ! Venus. No doubt of that success ! A child is easy to degrade ! 70
1913 · PDF PAGE 135
… his heaven and smiled on me , A patron with a kingly nod To greet his slaves aspirancy ! And the dim waves of surging thought Seemed to take substance by his grace , As when a sculptor who has wrought His passion into a marble face , All his imagination feeds From contours moulded by his skill , And the reflected glow exceeds The parent spark of mind and will . Once more all earth and heaven were strange , Strange to the sea the river flowed ; But not as on that primal change , When panic launched a quivering goad , And pricked each naked newb…
1907 · PDF PAGE 48
…nour even ! GLENSTRAE. A speech of this breed is not in the bond —but let it pass. There! there! MOLLY. Sir, I beseech you—for an hour-—-take me away. Iam in terrible trouble of body and soul—danger, misery. Sirk PERCY. O, go! to the devil for me! care? Iam tired, I tell you. What do 1 GLENSTRAR. You see, Molly, I told you true. MOLLY (¢uris to the MARCHIONESS and kneels by her). are a O, my lady Marchioness! You great lady. Spare me this shame, your loid’s . . | shame, your own shame. ... Simmons, ask Miss Tyson to step here' LADY GLENSTRAE. T…
1922 · PDF PAGE 281
…upon me to experience the subtle peace which indwelt this simple habitation. For some reason or other I felt a natural disinclination to take the dose of heroin which was offered to me. It seemed out of keeping with the spirit of the surroundings. I took it and enjoyed it; but the act was mechanical, and the effect in some obscure fashion unsatisfactory. We drove back to town, and had dinner in my new apartment, where they had an excellent restaurant service. , I found that during the day I had had fifteen sniffs of heroin. Lou had only had ele…
1901 · PDF PAGE 56
…e, Mine, if your kisses maddened me or killed, Mine, at the price of my damnation deep, Mine, if you will, as once your glances willed ! Take me, or break me, slay or sooth to sleep, If only yours one hour, one perfect hour, Remembrance and despair and hope to steep In the infernal potion of that flower, My poisonous passion for your blood ! Behold ! How utterly I yield, how gladly dower Our sin with my own spirit’s quenchéd gold, Clothe love with my own soul’s immortal power, Give thee my body as a fire to hold— O love, no words, no songs—your…
1904 · PDF PAGE 49
…s to grow without dew— Please listen with proper respect To a serious ballade or two! The sprinkling of thought I am seeding May gather, take root, and reject The things that would hinder its breeding (Comme il faut, that’s to say, and correct) 37
1922 · PDF PAGE 278
…lentiful supply, so there’s nothing to worry about there. It’s not taking the drug that does the ' . harm, it’s the not knowing what you take. SoI brought you a couple of charts marked off into hours ; and what I want you to do is to promise to make a cross in the proper space every time you take it.” The condition was easy enough. What we had been dreading, in spite of what Lamus had said, was the forcible suppression which we had experienced at Barley Grange, and which had brought us to such extremities. | But Lala’s last remark removed all o…
1930 · PDF PAGE 60
…erform this miracle upon dead matter. The Eucharist of three éléments has for basis the symbols of the three Gunas. For Tamas (darkness) take opium or nightshade or some sleepy medicine ; for Rajas (activity) take strychnine or ocher excitant; for Sattvas (calm) the cakes of Light may again be suitable. 1 The Eucharist of jour éléments consists of fire, air, water, and earth. These are represented by a flame for fire, by incense or roses for air, by wine for water, and by bread and sait for earth. The Eucharist of five éléments has for basis wi…
1898 · PDF PAGE 45
JEPHTHAH. 4! To give Thee thanks, nor take ungratefully This first of favours from the Hand Divine. SOLDIERS. A noble vow: and God is glad thereat. PROPHET. I charge you in the name of God, go not ! ‘I see a mischief fallen on your souls Most bitter. Aye! an evil day is this If ye go forth with such a sacrifice, And vows most hideous in their consequence. SOLDIERS. It is the prophet of the Lord. JEPHTHAH. Possessed By Baal; scourge him hence; he lies, for God With powerful proof and many lightnings came Devouring up the offering at the altar. P…
1907 · PDF PAGE 176
…nvoke. Thou seekest life, Child of my water! Thou a wife, Child of my sun! Draw living breath, Maiden, and gain the guerdon—death ! Thou take the wife, and risk the fate ‘Eons could hardly culminate To lose thy soul! Not two but one Are ye. Together, as the stone, The oak, the river, or the sea, Mere elements of mine be ye, Or both resolve the dreadful life, And take death’s prize! Take thou the wife, Thou, who didst know. Her ignorance Resolve itself upon a chance ! She shall decide the double fate. Be still, my child, and meditate! This is an…