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Page 18 of 1121906 · PDF PAGE 87
… sate Some cruel knowledge closely curled Like serpents in those halls of hate, Palaces of the Underworld. But in the hell-glow of those eyes The ashen skull of Pharaoh shone White as the moonrays that surprise The invoking Druse on Lebanon. Moreover pylon shouldered round To pylon an unearthly tune, Like phantom priests that strike and sound Sinister sistrons at the moon. And death’s insufferable perfume Beat the black air with golden fans As Turkis rip a Nubian’s womb With damascenéd yataghans. 79
1910 · PDF PAGE 132
… Master, vivid. Far, affrighted, The stunned air shudders on the skin. In vain The Master of La Com die Humaine Shadows the deep-set eyes, genius-lighted. Epithalamis, birth-songs, epitaphs, Are written in the mystery of his lips. Sad wisdom, scornful shame, grand agony In the coffin-folds of the cloak, scarred mountains, lie, And pity hides i th heart. Grim knowledge grips The essential manhood. Balzac stands, and laughs.
1911 · PDF PAGE 13
…rm Haunt thy poor captain as he sails. Grant, as death’s iceberg threatens me, Sin’s fog, Satanic spite that bars, That I may keep these eyes on Thee, Star on the sea that blots the stars ! Amen. T 6
1928 · PDF PAGE 165
…nife; Oh Lord, have pity, have pity upon the mad men and women that we are! Oh Creator, is it possible that monsters should exist in the eyes of Him alone who knoweth why they exist, how they have made themselves, and how they would have made themselves, and could not?
1909 · PDF PAGE 139
… I learnt from the master that all this veil of life is but a shadow of a vast reality beyond, perceptible only to those who have earned eyes to see withal. “These eyes I could not earn; a faith in the master sus- tained me. I began to understand, too, a little about the human brain; of what it is capable. Of Heaven—and of Hell! “Life passed, vigorous and pleasant; the only memory that haunted me was the compulsion of my oath that never would I again set foot in the Rue des Quatre Vents. “Life passed, and for the master ended. ‘ The Veil of the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 139
… I learnt from the master that all this veil of life is but a shadow of a vast reality beyond, perceptible only to those who have earned eyes to see withal. “These eyes I could not earn; a faith in the master sus- tained me. I began to understand, too, a little about the human brain; of what it is capable. Of Heaven—and of Hell! “Life passed, vigorous and pleasant; the only memory that haunted me was the compulsion of my oath that never would I again set foot in the Rue des Quatre Vents. “Life passed, and for the master ended. ‘ The Veil of the…
1910 · PDF PAGE 97
…dissolve in bliss ! Take these severed lips to kiss ! Thou and I are partners of This, the sacrament of love. By the violate babe’s blue eyes, By his sucked-out arteries, By the blood-bedabbled gold, By the body void and cold, Make me partner of thy power Over this obscurest hour !
1912 · PDF PAGE 74
…should hook the Thou.” With that he crossed him, brow and breast, And flung his body from the prow. Anend? Alas! on silver sand Open his eyes; the surf-rings roar. What snorts there, swimming from the land? The Beast that brought him to the shore! “O Beast!” quoth purple Palamede, “ A morister strange as Thou am I. I could not live before, indeed; And now I cannot even die! Who chose me, of the Table Round By miracle acclaimed the chief ? Here, waterlogged and muscle-bound, Marooned upon a coral reef!”
1906 · PDF PAGE 22
…subtle complice, who as blatant Beast Brandest vile Croesus, him that pities least ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! Whoin girls’ eyes and hearts implantest deep Lust for the wound, the twain that wound bids weep! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! Staff of the exiled, the inventor’s spark, Confessor of hanged men and plotters dark ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery! Adopted sire of whom black wrath and power Of God the Father chased from Eden Bower ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! FEMMES DAMNEES. Like pensive cattle couc…
1906 · PDF PAGE 29
…f, but know thy face, Phoebus, in gazing. O hear me! hear me ! hear me! for my hands, Dews deathly bathe them ; sinks the stricken song; Eyes that were feeble have become the strong, See thee and glisten. Blindness is mine ; my spirit understands, Weighs out the offering, accepts the pain, Hearing the pzean of the unprofane ! Lycian, listen ! God of the fiery face, the eyes inviolate ! Lord of soundless thunders, lightnings light- less ! Hear me now, for joy that I see thee sightless, Fervent to follow. Grant one boon; destroy me, let me die el…
1910 · PDF PAGE 8
… EQUINOX EHE! By Grorce RarFaLovicH HALF-HOURS WITH FAMOUS MAHATMAS. No. 1. By Sam Harpy THE THIEF-TAKER. By AxeisteR CROWLEY REVIEW THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. Futter anp Georce RaFFAaLovicH MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER THE POETICAL MEMORY ADELA THE THREE WORMS. By Epwarp STORER THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER THE BIG STICK GLAZIERS’ HOUSES IN THE TEMPLE. By Victor B. Nevsurc SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST PAGE 281 284 291 292 293 gro 314 317 325 32…
1910 · PDF PAGE 8
… EQUINOX EHE! By Grorce RarFaLovicH HALF-HOURS WITH FAMOUS MAHATMAS. No. 1. By Sam Harpy THE THIEF-TAKER. By AxeisteR CROWLEY REVIEW THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV. By J. F. C. Futter anp Georce RaFFAaLovicH MIDSUMMER EVE. By ETHEL ARCHER THE POETICAL MEMORY ADELA THE THREE WORMS. By Epwarp STORER THE FELON FLOWER. By ETHEL ARCHER THE BIG STICK GLAZIERS’ HOUSES IN THE TEMPLE. By Victor B. Nevsurc SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH HISTORY OF SIR PALAMEDES THE SARACEN KNIGHT AND OF HIS FOLLOWING OF THE QUESTING BEAST PAGE 281 284 291 292 293 gro 314 317 325 32…
1905 · PDF PAGE 245
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…
1905 · PDF PAGE 154
…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…
1898 · PDF PAGE 20
…hellish fire Of human lust—earth’s joys no heaven may win, Pain holds the prize In blood-stained hands; Love laughs, with anguish in His eyes. 2 0
1906 · PDF PAGE 41
AU CAVEAU DES INNOCENTS. : 28th Oct., 1904. NIGHT, like a devil, with lidless eyes, Stands avenging over the Halls. Sleep there is none, for day awaits Tokens of toil; there is none that dies, Death being rest; there is none that calls, Voice being human; only the Fates Rattle the dice at a sombre game, Game without goal of peace or fame. Sinister, sombre, horrors and hates Lurk in the shadows, under the walls. Light deceives, and the darkness lies. Love there is none; he is child of peace: Joy there is none; she is bride of force: Thought ther…
1910 · PDF PAGE 98
… an aphrodisiac. In China the jinseng of Sze-chuan and Korea is most esteemed. That of America is not so good, in the fatherland-dizzied eyes of the Celestial. [See note to IXth Ghazal. Ed.] 3. Suleiman — our King Solomon, as historical as King Brahmadatta, who reigned 120,000 years in Benares. 4. Isa — Jesus. Muslim hold that a phantom was crucified in the place of Jesus. See Q’uran III. 5. Gold — noon, not sunrise, or sunset, whose colours are rose and grey. A question of clinome- ter.
1911 · PDF PAGE 53
…at as the Angel. And we are standing, as if crucified, face to face, our hands and lips and -reasts and knees and feet together, and her eyes pierce into my eyes like whirling shafts of steel, so that I fall backwards headlong through the Aethyr—and there is a sudden and tremendous shout, absolutely stunning, cold and brutal: Osiris was a black god!* And the Aethyr claps its hands, greater than the peal of a thousand mighty thunders. I am back. Bou-SAapa. November 30, 1909. 10-11.45 p.m. Tue Cry OF THE 18TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED ZEN A voice c…
1913 · PDF PAGE 576
…, our rages of hurt vanity, and our ill- satisfied passions. A kindly and gentle philosophy would avoid all these evils. If we close our eyes to the defects of our neighbour, and only consider his good qualities, we shall find good and benevolence everywhere. The most perverse man has a good side to him, and softens when one knows how to take him. If you had nothing in common with the vices of men, you would not even perceive them. Friendship, and the devotions which it inspires, are found even in prisons and in convict stations. The horrible L…
1913 · PDF PAGE 576
…, our rages of hurt vanity, and our ill- satisfied passions. A kindly and gentle philosophy would avoid all these evils. If we close our eyes to the defects of our neighbour, and only consider his good qualities, we shall find good and benevolence everywhere. The most perverse man has a good side to him, and softens when one knows how to take him. If you had nothing in common with the vices of men, you would not even perceive them. Friendship, and the devotions which it inspires, are found even in prisons and in convict stations. The horrible L…