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Page 22 of 2251928 · PDF PAGE 48
…, for the frown-ups it is an armistice concluded with the maleficent powers of life, a respite in the universal strife and struggle. The man of the world himself, and the man engaged in mental labour, escape with diffi- culty from the influence of this popular jubilee. They absorb, without wishing it, their part of this happy-go-lucky atmosphere. For myself, like a true Parisian, I never miss passing in re- view all the booths which flaunt upon these solemn occasions. They were in truth trying to outdo each other in hubbub; they chattered, bell…
1913 · PDF PAGE 98
PERSONS OF THE MYSTERY JULIA, @ priestess JOANNA, a virgin JOHN, high priest of the Sun Jovian ais wardens A CHINAMAN AN ARAB A ZULU NU, @ seafaring man THE YOUNG JOHN Chorus of men, women and children
1913 · PDF PAGE 98
PERSONS OF THE MYSTERY JULIA, @ priestess JOANNA, a virgin JOHN, high priest of the Sun Jovian ais wardens A CHINAMAN AN ARAB A ZULU NU, @ seafaring man THE YOUNG JOHN Chorus of men, women and children
1929 · PDF PAGE 47
…teur, and a rotten amateur at that." "Let me explain!" said Simple Simon. "If everybody did his Will, there would be no collision. Every man and every woman is a star. It is when we get off our orbits that the clashes come. Now if a Thing gets off its orbit, and comes into my sphere of attraction, I absorb it as quietly as possible, and the stars sing together again." "Whew!" said Cyril, and pretended to wipe the sweat from his brow. "But weren't you in danger from that devilish Thing?" asked Lisa, with the memory of a great anxiety. She had tr…
1907 · PDF PAGE 178
…published letters wrote , “ The riddle of the sphinx has two answers which are true only in a third . “ The first is God , the second is man , and the third Man - God .' ” This is but the overman of the Egoistical philosophy of Nietzsche . Hermes struck a higher chord when he said : “ To create God , is to accomplish our own creation , to make ourselves inde pendent , impassible , and immortal .” Blake demon strated the at - oneness of Good and Evil very clearly in " The Marriage of Heaven and Hell ." " I tell you no virtue can exist without br…
1904 · PDF PAGE 17
BALLADE OF BOWLING MANY a man is a dab at Greek, Latin is easily learnt by some, Heaps of—Germans—in German speak, French Verbs yield to the rule of thumb. Many a man a tune can hum In a manner distinctly beyond all praise, Scrape on a fiddle, or beat a drum :— Not every bowler can break both ways! Men there have been who would daily seek Problems in Algebra—trebly glum, Work at them, groan at them, week by week, Grind like a matchmaker down ir a slum ; Slave all night, though no answer come, Smug all day, though the summer blaze, . All may do …
1928 · PDF PAGE 21
…ing, bowed over. Each of them bore upon his back an enor- mous chimera, as heavy as a sack of corn or coal, or the heavy marching of a Roman infan- tryman. But the monstrous brute was not a dead weight. On the contrary, it wrapped round and oppressed the man with its powerful and elas- tic muscles. It clutched with its two great claws at the breast of its mount, and its fables head crowned the forehead of the man like one of those horrific helmets by which the warriors of old time hoped to add to the terror of the en- emy. I questioned one of t…
1904 · PDF PAGE 99
…etch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.” The definition of God as infinite therefore denies man implicitly; while if he be finite, there is an end of the usual Christian reasons for worship, though I daresay I could myself discover some reasonably good ones. [I hardly expect to be asked, somehow.] The resulting equilibrium of God and man, destructive of worship, is of course absurd. We must reject it, unless we want to fall into Positivism, Materialism, or something of the sort. But if, then, we call…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1. Man. a man reaping—meaning “ Good—go on.” a horse = “ True—Mill’s definition.” 2, Featherless Biped. Three horses in a field = “Are there no other featherless bipeds ?” a stream = “ Stop—Stop—Stop.” 3. Was it Mill ? A tombstone on ahill = “ Was it Locke ?” 4. Locke? Locke? a battle. thousands of other violent glyphs. The whole mind is now a raging sea of confused thought: doubts, attempts to remember accuratel…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
…to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Criticisms and their glyphs. 1. Man. a man reaping—meaning “ Good—go on.” a horse = “ True—Mill’s definition.” 2, Featherless Biped. Three horses in a field = “Are there no other featherless bipeds ?” a stream = “ Stop—Stop—Stop.” 3. Was it Mill ? A tombstone on ahill = “ Was it Locke ?” 4. Locke? Locke? a battle. thousands of other violent glyphs. The whole mind is now a raging sea of confused thought: doubts, attempts to remember accuratel…
1907 · PDF PAGE 90
…omum sed furtiva dedit muta munuscula nocte. Go sunnily through my garden of flowers, dear maiden o’ mine, and once in a while you ‘that man had no place therein. every garden is the world; and in the world these are. So every cathedral is the world, and the architect of Notre Dame deserved his heaven. To me life and death have most often appeared in majesty and beauty, in solemnity and horror ; in emotions, to be brief, so great But there shall come upon some grotesque Chinese | are moods, in which the heights are attained dragon with huge and…
1906 · PDF PAGE 187
…| 181 But as for me | have a test Fifty years of Of better than the very best. murope worth lespice finem! Judge the end ; . Cathay. The man, and not the child, my friend ! Method of First ecstasy of Pentecost, Beets Chr (You now perceive my sermon’s text.) tian, First leap to Sunward flings you vexed By glory of its own riposte Back to your mind. But gathering strength And nerve, you come (ah hght !) at length To dwell awhile in the caress Of that strange super-consciousness. After one memory —O abide ! Vivid Savitri lightning-eyed !— Nothing …
1907 · PDF PAGE 157
… in fire’s sepulchral womb. Fivefold: the child, the frail, the delicate: Then the strong lauzhing mischief: then the proud Fight toward manhood and the sense elate, Creative power and passion: then the loud Assertion of young will, the quickening rate And strength in blood, in youth with life endowed, And firmness fastening ; the last lustre’s span Consolidates and shows the perfect man. Fivefold : the humour changes as his child Calls him first father” ; sense of strength divine Fills him; then man’s work in the world, and wild Efforts to fam…
1928 · PDF PAGE 144
XLII PORTRAITS OF MISTRESSES IN a mans boudoir, that is to say, in the smoking-room of a fashionable gambling hell, four men were smoking and drinking. They were not precisely old or young, they bore that unmistakable distinction which belongs to the veterans of Marshal Joy, that indescribableI know not what to call itthat cold and banter- ing sadness which clearly says, We have lived strongly, and we seek something to admire and to respect. One of them turned the conversation to the subject of women. It would have been more philosophical …
1907 · PDF PAGE 43
… Car- RUTHERS, GREUMOCH, MOLLY, and retainers on horseback enter LADY BAIRD and SIR PERCY PERCIVALE om the battlements. CARRUTHERS. Be a man, Greumoch boy, be a man ! GREUMOCH. Sir, did she’ll no be thinking ye were greeting yersei’, mon, she'll could find it in her heert to whang ye, whateffer. ANGELA. You are early hunting, gentlemen. in! My steward shall serve somewhat. [Sees MOLLY. Ha! Ha! Ha! You bring a lady, then, Carruthers ! Come CARRUTHERS. Madam ! Give me that boy ! ANGELA. You fool, you are too late ! This is a man. CARRUTHERS. I wa…
1907 · PDF PAGE 170
THE OLD BOTTLE 163 A treacherous bully , feeble as malign , Intolerable, inhuman , undivine , With spite close girded and with hatred shod , A snarling cur, the Christian's Christless God . Out ! misbegotten monster ! with thy brood , The obscene offspring of thy pigritude , Incestuous wedlock with the Pharisees That hail the Christ a son of thee ! Our knees Bend not before thee , and our earth -bowed brows Shake off their worship , and reject thy spouse , The harlot of the world ! For , proud and free , We stand beyond thy hatred , even we : W…
1954 · PDF PAGE 177
… associated with "lust of result." All that one does is to exercise pleasantly and healthfully one's energies. It will not do to regard "man" as the "final cause" of manifestation. Please do not quote myself against me. Man is so infinitely small, In all these stars, determinate . Maker and master of them all. Man is so infinitel y great. The human apparatus is the best instrument of which we are, at present , aware in our normal consciousness; but when you come to experience the Conversation of the higher intelligences, you will understand how…
1929 · PDF PAGE 16
…to the world. The last person to be enlightened by it is the secretary [25] himself! So, I take it, is the case with all genius; only in many cases the man is in more or less conscious harmony with his genius, and strives eternally to make himself a worthier instrument for his master's touch. The clever man, so-called, the man of talent, shuts out his genius by setting up his conscious will as a positive entity. The true man of genius deliberately subordinates himself, reduces himself to a negative, and allows his genius to play through him as …
1909 · PDF PAGE 26
…s Stones. Plants, Real and Imaginary. Animals, Real and Imaginary. oO Diamond Almond in Flower God . 1 Star Ruby, Turquoise . Amaranth . Man . 2 Star Sapphire, Pearl . Cypress, Opium Poppy . Woman . 3 Amethyst and Sapphire Olive, Shamrock . Unicorn . 4 Ruby. Oak, Nux Vomica, Nettle . Basilisk . 5 Topaz, Yellow Diamond Acacia, Bay, Laurel, Vine . Pheenix, Lion, Child. 6 Emerald. Rose . Tynx . 7 Opal, especially Fire Opal . | Moly, Anhalonium Lewinii Hermaphrodite, Jackal. 8 Quartz (Banyan), Mandrake, Damiana . | Elephant 9 Rock Crystal . Willow,…
1922 · PDF PAGE 37
…f his looks. He’s been everywhere, and done everything, and every step he treads is smeared with blood. He’s the most evil and dangerous man in London. He’s a vampire, he lives on ruined lives.” I admit I had the heartiest abhorrence for the man. But this fiercely bitter denunciation of one who was evidently a close friend of two of the world’s greatest artists, did not make his case look blacker. I was not impressed, frankly, with Mrs. Webster as an authority on other people’s conduct. “O Thou Dragon-prince of the air, that art drunk on the bl…