1928 · PDF PAGE 168
Little Poems in Prose
Then at last my soul broke forth, and wisely did she cry, No matter where, no matter where, so long as it is out of the world!
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Oracles
…ord ! THE LITANY OF SATAN O thou, of Angels fairest and most wise, God by Fate’s treachery shorn of liturgies ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery ! O Prince of Exile, Sufferer of wrong, Whose vengeance, conquered, rises triply strong ! O Satan, have pity of my long misery !
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1905 · PDF PAGE 89
Oracles
…e is fuller in thine adoration. Thine image holds its god-appointed station. Lycian, listen ! My prayers more eloquent than olden chants Long since grown dumb on the soft forgetful airs— My lips are loud to herald thee : my prayers Keener to follow. I do aspire, as thy long sunbeam slants Upon my crown ; I do aspire to thee As no man yet—I am in ecstasy ! Hear me, Apollo ! My chant wakes elemental flakes of light Flashing along the sandal-footed floor. All listening spirits answer and adore Thee, the amazing ! I follow to the eagle-baffling sig…
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1913 · PDF PAGE 228
Cambridge Poets 1900–1913
lolo Aneurin Williams. *HESITANCY . OH heart , how long shall we serve errantry Among the mazes of uncertain youth ? How long be hampered round with this uncouth Grotesque array of half - fidelity , Half -love, half -wisdom ; all this misery Of wondering ? But when shall we with smooth And easy mind say “ Look ! for here is truth , Here love , and here the godhead certainty ." Shall that god come ? or must we bear about With us the torment of a sleepless wit ? Still shirk acceptance ? Still desire to prove ? And even in life 's best moment , pa…
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1913 · PDF PAGE 34
Cambridge Poets 1900–1913
…one ; and to the next with quenchless glee I turned . Therefore I vanquished one by one The hearts that centuries could not decay. Night-long I toiled , but when the East grew fawn I ceased , and there amid the waste at dawn Rested, like God upon the seventh day . Then , shouldering the shining axe , I strode Across the sunrise ; and the life-long hate Flowered into joy . Scarce heard , his iron gate Clanged - to behind me as I took the road . * FLAME . O NLY the fire of love can fuse and burn This solid world to spirit . But we two Have caught…
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1910 · PDF PAGE 101
The Winged Beetle
91 THE MANTRA-YOGI I HOW should I seek to make a song for thee When all my music is to moan thy name ? That long sad monotonethe samethe same Matching the mute insatiable sea That throbs with lifes bewitching agony, Too long to measure and too fierce to tame. An hurtful joy, a fascinating shame Is this great ache that grips the heart of me. Even as a cancer, so this passion gnaws Away my soul, and will not ease its jaws Till I am dead. Then let me die ! Who knows But that this corpse committed to the earth May be the occasion of some happie…
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1922 · PDF PAGE 234
Diary of a Drug Fiend
CHAPTER VI COLD TURKEY | September 23 I pon’tT remember what happened. -I know why. Basil told me long ago. that the mind only kept count of material things. So these spiritual events are recorded in a higher kind of mind of which we are not conscious until we get accustomed to spiritual life. So all I can put down is that we Ahad a complete success. The Devil, of course, needs a human interpreter if he is to communicate with this world, and so he took possession of Peter. He has been preparing Peter to represent him. He will make Peter pope, a…
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1910 · PDF PAGE 293
The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)
THE MANTRA-YOGI I How should I seek to make a song for thee When all my music is to moan thy name? That long sad monotone—the same—the same— Matching the mute insatiable sea That throbs with life’s bewitching agony, Too long to measure and too fierce to tame! An hurtful joy, a fascinating shame Is this great ache that grips the heart of me. Even as a cancer, so this passion gnaws Away my soul, and will not ease its jaws Till Iam dead. Then let me die! Who knows But that this corpse committed to the earth May be the occasion of some happier birt…
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1910 · PDF PAGE 293
The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)
THE MANTRA-YOGI I How should I seek to make a song for thee When all my music is to moan thy name? That long sad monotone—the same—the same— Matching the mute insatiable sea That throbs with life’s bewitching agony, Too long to measure and too fierce to tame! An hurtful joy, a fascinating shame Is this great ache that grips the heart of me. Even as a cancer, so this passion gnaws Away my soul, and will not ease its jaws Till Iam dead. Then let me die! Who knows But that this corpse committed to the earth May be the occasion of some happier birt…
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1929 · PDF PAGE 38
Moonchild
…the point. It is so far east, so far south, and so high." "Yes." "Now I'll go over that again in another way. [56] "Here is a point, not long nor broad nor thick: no dimension. "Here is a line, long but neither broad nor thick one dimension. Here is a surface, long and broad, but not thick: two dimensions. "Here is a solid, long and broad and thick: three dimensions." "Now I quite understand. But you said: four dimensions. "I will say it presently. But just now I am going to hammer at two. "Observe: I make a triangle. All the sides are equal. N…
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1919 · PDF PAGE 397
The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)
…S thee sternly in the face. She says: “Sweet are the fruits of Rest and Liberation for the sake of Self; but sweeter still the fruits of long and bitter duty. Aye (si), Renunciation for the sake of others, of suffering fellow-men.” 86. He, who becomes Pratyeka-Buddha, makes his obei- sance but to his Self. The Bodhisattva who has won the battle, who holds the prize within his palm, yet says in his divine compassion: 87. “For others’ sake this great reward I yield” —accom- plishes the greater Renunciation. A SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD is he. Here a.ag…
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1911 · PDF PAGE 74
The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)
…n, And sunbeams kissed—the shafts all curled and shaken In shuddering ecstasy! Come, Love, nor list to tired dreams that twist Thy lithe long limbs in fierce abandonment, Awake, and learn of me the secret of the sea, Whose meaning is the sum of all things blent In fiercest harmony. Soft winds are calling on the cloudy deep, (Like foam-flowers falling from the breasts of Sleep Their Lotus-kiss is), such a world forestalling Of wanton blisses, that the fear of palling Makes e’en the Sirens weep. Ah me! What serpent hisses from out those purple bysse…
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1911 · PDF PAGE 74
The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)
…n, And sunbeams kissed—the shafts all curled and shaken In shuddering ecstasy! Come, Love, nor list to tired dreams that twist Thy lithe long limbs in fierce abandonment, Awake, and learn of me the secret of the sea, Whose meaning is the sum of all things blent In fiercest harmony. Soft winds are calling on the cloudy deep, (Like foam-flowers falling from the breasts of Sleep Their Lotus-kiss is), such a world forestalling Of wanton blisses, that the fear of palling Makes e’en the Sirens weep. Ah me! What serpent hisses from out those purple bysse…
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1907 · PDF PAGE 158
The Star in the West
…ctations . Heaven and then Hell . The former first , for man is essentially selfish ; having found a fat billet for himself , it was not long before he found a lean one for his neighbour : To divide my devotees From those who scorned me to the close : A worm , a fire, a thirst for these ; A harp - resounding heaven for those !? The primary object of existence is to keep alive , and all heavens , hells , paradises , gehennas , valhallas , nirvanas , and other abodes of the dead , have never for long exercised such a superabundance of power as to…
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1913 · PDF PAGE 29
The Book of Lies
…rth of individuality is ecstasy; so also is its death. In love the individuality is slain; who loves not love? Love death therefore, and long eagerly for it. Die Daily.
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1910 · PDF PAGE 59
The Winged Beetle
… my clamorous dithyrambs Like a stain on the shield of the sky. With blood and censer and song I rent the mysterious veil : My eyes gaze long and long On the deep of that blissful bale. My cold grey kisses awake From the silence of utmost eld The grey cold slime of the snake That her beautiful body held. ButGod ! I was not content With the blasphemous secret of years, The veil is hardly rent While the eyes rain stones for tears. So I clung to the lips and laughter As the storms of death abated, The storms of the grievous graft By the swing of …
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1906 · PDF PAGE 180
Collected Works (Vol. II)
…solve that doubt of man’s? How many are Hegelians? 400 This, though I hold him mostly true. But, to teach others that same view ? Surely long years develop reason. After long years, too, in thy season Bloom, Concentration’s midnight flower ! 405 After much practice to this end I gain at last the long sought power (Which you believe you have this hour, - But certainly have not, my friend !) Of keeping close the mind to one 410 Thing at a time — suppose, the Sun. I gain this (Reverence to Ganesh’ !) ® And at that instant comprehend (The past and …
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1907 · PDF PAGE 94
The Star in the West
THE VIRGIN 87 How long , O Lord , how long ? Too long by half Till men read , wondering , wedlock's epitaph.' Aleister Crowley is but editor of these magnificent sonnets ; let us now see how the ideas in his own poems correspond . In the case of Nina, we have already seen that a good heart can throb in a lewd little breast , and can overcome all except a false society ; which overwhelms it not by bravery , or craft , or even by cunning , but by the dull and stunning power of a leaden club . In the “ Honourable Adulterers " we find a poem strik …
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1904 · PDF PAGE 28
Why Jesus Wept
… at Gretna Green, Kiss a fair lady and find her a queen ! O a Queen, for certain ! It is I that ride, Ride in my youth and pride. With a long sword girt to my waist, And a strawberry mare sweet-paced, And a long night with no moon, no star ! I will plunder the traveller from afar ; — Aye ! and find him an ancient sage, Learn all his wisdom, marry his daughter, Become a king and a mage, Lord of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water ! Ho ! my horse, lads ! Away ! To the moor ! Ho ! there’s a fox i’ the hole, that’s sure. Flings swaggering out of the room.
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1944 · PDF PAGE 143
The Book of Thoth
…s of the Yî King are to be studied in that book (S.B.E. vol. XVI) and reference is here made to the text when important passages are too long to be conven‐ iently quoted.
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