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1905 · PDF PAGE 132

Oracles

…is skies above, Because one flower is folded. Thus they floated Most deathlessly devoted Beyond the trees, and where the hills divide To take the nighted tide Into a darker, deeper, greener breast, Maybe to find—what rest ? Now to those girdling mountains moon-exalted Came through the hills deep-vaulted That pearly shallop : there the rocks were rent, And the pale element Flowed idly in their gorges : there the night Admits no beam of light ; Nor can the poet’s eye One ray espy. Therefore I saw not how the voyage ended, Only wherethrough those …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…lament The Word made void, the Work in vain. Fulfilling their obscure event, Let us rejoice ; the Lord is slain. zuLv. [To the warders]. Take down the body. [JULIAN and Jovian put out their candles and come forward and unloose joun, laying him between their columns. JULIAN covers him with a cloth, and jovian throws a sprig of acacia upon it. (To the women) Open us the shrine! Jutta. The secret is not yours or mine! [Ske and Joanna pull open the doors of the Vesica. A blaze of light sends the three ruffians reeling forth. They fly 64

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1913 · PDF PAGE 104

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…lament The Word made void, the Work in vain. Fulfilling their obscure event, Let us rejoice ; the Lord is slain. zuLv. [To the warders]. Take down the body. [JULIAN and Jovian put out their candles and come forward and unloose joun, laying him between their columns. JULIAN covers him with a cloth, and jovian throws a sprig of acacia upon it. (To the women) Open us the shrine! Jutta. The secret is not yours or mine! [Ske and Joanna pull open the doors of the Vesica. A blaze of light sends the three ruffians reeling forth. They fly 64

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1944 · PDF PAGE 19

The Book of Thoth

One might take, by way of an analogy, the game of chess. Chess has developed from very simple beginnings. It was a mimic battle for tired warriors; but the subtleties of the mod‐ ern game—which have now, thanks to Richard Reti, gone quite beyond calculation into the world of aesthetic creation—were latent in the original design. The originators of the game were “building better than they knew” It is of course possible to argue that these subtleties have arisen in the course of the development of the game; and indeed it is quite clear, histori‐ …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 62

Tale of Archais

…, your hand Misses no moment but its marble slips In your bright tunic, as the little ships That seek a harbour by some rocky strand, To take your pipe, and play at love’s demand Some tender song I sung you long ago To lume again some first sweet maiden glow Of shy desire that I knew not all it said. Will the days lengthen for sheer weariness ? Will they pursue us till they strike us dead ? Or will our love put on a spring-time dress And burn and bloom and burgeon into leaf, And rose-leaves cover quite the urn of grief ? Yes, you shall call me …

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1902 · PDF PAGE 139

Tannhäuser

…ne Calm, small, and still, directing desolation ; Death to the world athwart its path.— So he Cried out upon me " Till this barren staff Take life, and bud, and blossom, and bear fruit, And shed sweet scent — so long God casteth thee Out from His glory !" Stricken, smitten, slain— When—one unknown, a pilgrim with the rest. Darting long rugged fingers and deep eyes. Reached to the sceptre with his word and will — Buds, roses, blossoms ! Lilies of the Light ! Bloom, bloom, the fragrance shed upon the air ! ^i7

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1913 · PDF PAGE 174

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…ade Argentée .) OH lustrous Lady of the luminous lake, Moving in magic mazes through the trees The sombre , swaying trees — light-lady , take A moment's murmurings ; heart -harmonies That break my breast : I kneel before thy knees , All humbly hesitant ; the silver shoon I crave to kiss make molten melodies To the Slow Nocturne of the Rising Moon . Oh lustrous Lady, for thy shadow 's sake Is slain my slumber, ended all my ease ; I dream at dawn , nor with the wild birds wake To dulcet day ; marred are mine images Of lost low lands , of secret s…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 15

The Rosicrucian Scandal

…that solicitors changed you! You several times threatened Mr. Crowley with legal proceedings? Marinas, Often, ‘Sconio, K.C, Did you ever take any? Marurns. Once, for breach of copyright, ScouPIo, K.C, And tried for an Injunction Mariins. Yes. Sconri0, K.C. What happened? Marien’, Dismissed with costs ‘Scourio, K.C. Have you paid those costs? Mauss, No. Scowni0, K.C. Did you then bring the acti Matuens, No. SconP10, K.C. "It was a frivolous excuse for the injunction?, MATHERS, -Irefuse to answer the question. Ask Mr. Cran. Scouvio, KC. Let me re…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 49

Mortadello

… Say what wrong I’ve done you. ZELINA. You don’t know ? Who stole away my Sandro ? LUCREZIA. Yours ! Three years ago. Is it a crime ? Go take your mirror ; you will see The work of time—blame him instead of blaming me ! ZELINA. Cat ! LUCREZIA. You wear badly. Paint conceals the sallow skin. What hides how sadly falls the flesh was fair within ? ZELINA. So you’re the vogue to-day ? Oh, we have heard of that, But that same rogue will turn your plumpness into fat. LUCREZIA. You scurril thing ! ZELINA. Cat’s eyes, cow’s belly, and bear’s feet ! If …

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1996 · PDF PAGE 198

The Law is for All

… & the known. 11. These are fools that men adore; both their Gods 8c their men are fools. 12. Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love! 13. I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy. 14. Above, the gemmed azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The winged globe, the starry blue, Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu! 197

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1911 · PDF PAGE 169

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…rpionis, all such diatribes would seem infinitely petty. We may splutter about with our little verbal fireworks, as 1 am doing now; but to take it seriously! " There's nothing serious in mortality;” God is All in All. The Universe is but a mote playing in that sunbeam ; why bother to fill 600 dull pages? Nothing 15 worth writing but literature. Art is the expression of divine Truth; Mr Underhill, being no artist, expresses only human error. CANDLESTICK. DEATH. HEREWARD CARRINGTON and JOHN R. ΜΕΑυΕκ. Wm. Rider & Son. S:. 64’. net. A most interestin…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 169

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…rpionis, all such diatribes would seem infinitely petty. We may splutter about with our little verbal fireworks, as 1 am doing now; but to take it seriously! " There's nothing serious in mortality;” God is All in All. The Universe is but a mote playing in that sunbeam ; why bother to fill 600 dull pages? Nothing 15 worth writing but literature. Art is the expression of divine Truth; Mr Underhill, being no artist, expresses only human error. CANDLESTICK. DEATH. HEREWARD CARRINGTON and JOHN R. ΜΕΑυΕκ. Wm. Rider & Son. S:. 64’. net. A most interestin…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 134

Snowdrops from a Curate’s Garden

…u curl ! So put your pennies in the slot of the Automatic- Girl. VII The young and old, the rich and poor, with us are well content. [We take the stuff when there’s enough and traffic- in cement.] The son of dook, the son of cook, the son of belted earl All put their pennies in the slot of the Automatic Girl. [136]

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1911 · PDF PAGE 35

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

… this is the grace of God, that these things should be thus. 19. Wherefore I charge you that ye come unto me in the Beginning; for if ye take but one step in this Path, ye must arrive inevitably at the end thereof. 20. This Path is beyond Life and Death; it is also beyond Love; but that ye know not, for ye know not Love. 21. And the end thereof is known not even unto Our Lady or to the Beast whereon She rideth; nor unto the Virgin her daughter nor unto Chaos her lawful Lord; but unto the Crowned Child is it known? It is not known if it be known…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 35

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

… this is the grace of God, that these things should be thus. 19. Wherefore I charge you that ye come unto me in the Beginning; for if ye take but one step in this Path, ye must arrive inevitably at the end thereof. 20. This Path is beyond Life and Death; it is also beyond Love; but that ye know not, for ye know not Love. 21. And the end thereof is known not even unto Our Lady or to the Beast whereon She rideth; nor unto the Virgin her daughter nor unto Chaos her lawful Lord; but unto the Crowned Child is it known? It is not known if it be known…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 126

Mortadello

110 A NOTE ON THE ALEXANDRINE 3. After the second foot : Oh ! but you’re hurt ! Young man ! she must be tended. Well. No ! take my shirt ! Staunch the dear breast. A miracle. 4. After the fourth foot : Serene, august, untroubled, cold, her prayers are worth More than our steel, more than our gold, that bind the earth. 5. After both second and fourth feet : Come, let me hold my crystal cross up to the moon ! A guess of gold were at a loss to tell its tune. 6. After the first foot : Bow down to the cross ! His love purge thee : His Passion save t…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 5

Little Poems in Prose

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE No bolder task can possibly be undertaken than the translation of prose so musical, so subtle, so profound as that of Charles Baude- laire. For this task I have but the one qualifica- tion of a love so overmastering, so absorbing, that in spite of myself it claims for me a broth- erhood with him. Charles Baudelaire is incomparably the most divine, the most spiritually-minded, of all French thinkers. His hunger for the Infinite was so acute and so persistent that nothing earthly could content him even for a moment. He even m…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 45

The Mother’s Tragedy

… Malignant, terrible—nay, pitiable, Thou poor fool stricken with senility, How spurred to passion? Yet behold thy god, Horus, lest anger take benignancy From his left hand and smite thee with his strength. Thou hearest? Nay, thou pitiful old man, For I have loved thee. Yet my godhead must Get worship. Anger not the god, but stoop, My faithful priest, and worship at my feet. AMENHATEP. I am most miserable. But truth must leap In this tremendous moment from my lips, Its long-shut barrier. For I pity thee With my old heart’s whole pity. Thou art y…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 73

Orpheus

…ht, Fleet far across the woods; and gleaming bright The evening star looks from the orient way. Shadow and silence deepen: all the woods Take on a tenderer phrase of musical Breezes: the stream-sought homes and solitudes Murmura little where the maiden moods Are sadder as the evening’s kisses fall. 74

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1913 · PDF PAGE 15

John Yarker – In Memoriam

… who had been a member of the Theo- sophical Society prior to his retirement, was, at the beginning of 1909, invited by the defendant to take up his residence I5

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