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1913 · PDF PAGE 209

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…a Tillyard . *FOR MY MOTHER 'S JOURNEY. SHALL not see your ship put out to sea , 1 Nor stand to watch its smoke grow less and less , Nor long , in some half - choking words , to bless , And say “ Let winds and waves all kindly be ." But oh, when you leave England on your lea, Know there are tears ' tis folly to repress , And there 's a kind of sudden loneliness That comes to those who watch the coast - line flee . But I was born to see my ships set sail , And sit at home and shiver in the gale . And I was born to see my loved ones go, And set m…

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1944 · PDF PAGE 68

The Book of Thoth

…regard to the quality of this power, it must be noted that it represents sud‐ den, violent, but impermanent activity. If it persists too long, it burns and destroys. Distin‐ guish from the Creative Energy of Aleph and Beth: this card is below the Abyss. The Emperor bears a sceptre (surmounted by a ram’s head for the reasons given above) and an orb surmounted by a Maltese cross, which signifies that his energy has reached a successful issue, that his government has been established. There is one further symbol of importance. His shield represent…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 235

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… God, Thy blinding beauty, and the light Shed from Thy shoulders, and the golden night Of mingling fire and stars and roses swart In the long flame of hair that leaps athwart, Live in each tingling gossamer! Dread eyes! Each flings its arrow of sharp sacrifice, Eating me up with poison! I am hurled Far through the vaporous confines of the world With agony of sundering sense, beholding Thy mighty flower, blood-coloured death, unfolding ! Lithe limbs and supple shoulders and lips curled, Curled out to draw me to their monstrous world ! 1 To inves…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 11

Rosa Inferni

… silk ! Your lips are like the poppies in the garden ! Your face is like a wreath of flowers to crown me ! Your eyes are wells wherein I long to drown me ! Your hair is like a waterfall above me, A waterfall of sunset ! In your bosom I hear the racing of a heart to love me. Your blood is beating like a wind-blown blossom With rapture that you mingle it in mine ! Your breath is fresh as foam and keen as wine ! Intoxicating glories are your glances ! Your bodily beauty grips my soul and dances 6 T

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1911 · PDF PAGE 150

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…le of the restaurant. “ Oh, my brother,” gasped the girl. “ Could you not understand? I wanted to die, so." They were her last words for long. Lavenue’s was a storm of chattering and gesticulating fools. The police pushed them aside. The corpse to the mortuary; the girl to the hospital; the man to the Poste. Ninon, wringing her hands and crying and laughing, had run like a Bacchante up the Boulevard to the Dome. 142

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1911 · PDF PAGE 150

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…le of the restaurant. “ Oh, my brother,” gasped the girl. “ Could you not understand? I wanted to die, so." They were her last words for long. Lavenue’s was a storm of chattering and gesticulating fools. The police pushed them aside. The corpse to the mortuary; the girl to the hospital; the man to the Poste. Ninon, wringing her hands and crying and laughing, had run like a Bacchante up the Boulevard to the Dome. 142

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1905 · PDF PAGE 129

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… woman, ruddy with the flame Of men’s blood spilt, and her uncleanly shame, And the thrice-venomous vomit of her prison. She sits as one long dead: infernal calm, Chill hatred,- wrap her in their poisonous cold. She careth not, but doth disdainly hold Three scourges for man’s soul, that know no balm. They know not any cure. The first is Life, A well of poison. Sowing dust and dung Over men’s hearts, the second scourge, abuve All shameful deeds, is Lying, from whose tongue Drops Envy, wed with Hatred, to sow Strife. These twain are bitter; but t…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 11

Handbook of Geomancy

… Dau. | Dau. 5 Dau. Sickness 7 Asc. | Health| Soon | Health |Perilous| Health| Health| Asc. health Prison 8 | Come | Out Soon | Out for} Long Out Die Die out out | nothing there | there Journey 9 |Good by| Slow |Medium|Good by} Evil |Medium|Medium| Evil water water Thing Lost 10 | Found | Found | Part Not | Found] Lost | Found | Part found | found found * Arabic numbers mean that the judgment is determined by the figure in that House of Heaven. psd K 145

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1910 · PDF PAGE 4

Rosa Decidua

…nt. The past years abort And this is found. Foul waters drench My earth. All’s filth. With what cold eye one scans This body that was—so long since—two years ! I wrench

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1905 · PDF PAGE 79

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… on us a forehead full of peace, Bidding thine anger tease, Speaking sweet words most comfortable. O lose The bitter memory of the wrong long dead ! © be the lord and prince we gladly choose And crown the mercy of thy royal head ! Be thou the chief, and rule upon thy kin, And be not wroth for sin. lor surely in the dusty days and years There is a little river flowing still That brings forgetfulness of woes and fears And drinks up all the memory of ill. Wherefore our tribute to thy feet we bring ; Conguer our foes, and reign our king! JEPHTHAH. …

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1899 · PDF PAGE 57

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

JEPHTHAH. 35 The long hours with Jehovah, at His throne, And wrestle with th’ accuser. So, depart! CHORUS OF ELDERS. When the countenance fair of the morning And the lusty bright limbs of the day Race far through the west for a warning Of night that is evil and gray, When the light by the southward is dwindled, And the clouds as for sleep are unfurled, The moon in the east is rekindled, The hope of the passionate world. The stars for a token of glory Flash fire in the eyes of the night, And the holy immaculate story Of Heaven is flushed into li…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 52

The Scented Garden

44 The Spiritual Basis of Spiritual Sensation ZAGALO — A big frog, green with dull yellow spots. It hath a rat-tail, very long. PELLIPIS — Like a red flaming tapering Rod, with notches at the thick end. NATALIS — A small black gnome. In his left hand is a grey pedestal surmounted by a white pyra- mid. NAMIROS — Is formless, like a flood of yellow light more brilliant than the Sun. ADIRAEL — A very large gold fish with an enormous head. KABADA — Is a fat frog, erect, with a green white chest. KIPOKIS — A small figure, fox-headed, extending its l…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 141

The Winged Beetle

…nt. The past years abort And this is found. Foul waters drench My earth. All’s filth. With what cold eye one scans This body that was—so long since—two years ! I wrench

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1913 · PDF PAGE 124

Book 4 (Part II)

… points to the fact that practically every great man in history was grossly and notoriously immoral. Enough of this painful subject ! As long as we try to fit facts to theories instead of adopting the scientific attitude of altering the theories (when necessary) to fit the facts, we shall remain mired in falsehood. The religious taunt the scientific man with this open-mindedness, with this adaptability. "Tell a lie and stick to it!" is their golden rule.

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1904 · PDF PAGE 64

The Argonauts

…tepping delicately past The dragon, then came Jason to the grove And saw what tree umbrageous bore the fruit That he had saddened for so long. And he, Rending the branches of that wizard Oak, With a strong grasp tore down the Fleece of Gold. Then came a voice: ‘Woe, woe! <Aea’s isle! The glory is departed!” And a voice Answered it “Woe!” Then Jason seemed to see Some Fear behind the little former fears; And his face blanched a moment, as beholding Some Fate, some distant grief. Then, catching sight Now of the glory of his gain, he seemed: Caugh…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 107

Konx Om Pax

… surprise. But soon there triumphs cool and clean The touching pathos of the scene. No word of anger, be assured! A strange soft wonder, long immured Within her, lit her lovely face With something of Our Lady’s grace. “ What did you kill me for, my Lord?” As if my answer must accord

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1903 · PDF PAGE 40

Ahab and Other Poems

…eftoW, Dear angel of my dreams! QGid fime noW wale its fozandzfro That YF map dWell With Gee, and now The foul from Hat Weich feems! Eke long Bair fo8s in clofer fold And weper aires of mBy; The arms bend clofer, and tHe gold Burns Srigher, and tHe exes aw afd With life at Café WithoratBy. And al He (pirit paffing wBy Ayblkes mp heart With gray: So He pale (tars of eBoy coy The GOW of tWilight; dip and IwMBy Eke Café wfpairs of Mp. OG! clofer pet and clofer pet The ~rarl of faws gwWs. The Fair is WoSey like a net OF moonlighE round mes (Beet is…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 155

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

… Dau. | Dau. 5 Dau. Sickness 7 Asc. | Health| Soon | Health |Perilous| Health| Health| Asc. health Prison 8 | Come | Out Soon | Out for} Long Out Die Die out out | nothing there | there Journey 9 |Good by| Slow |Medium|Good by} Evil |Medium|Medium| Evil water water Thing Lost 10 | Found | Found | Part Not | Found] Lost | Found | Part found | found found * Arabic numbers mean that the judgment is determined by the figure in that House of Heaven. psd K 145

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1909 · PDF PAGE 155

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

… Dau. | Dau. 5 Dau. Sickness 7 Asc. | Health| Soon | Health |Perilous| Health| Health| Asc. health Prison 8 | Come | Out Soon | Out for} Long Out Die Die out out | nothing there | there Journey 9 |Good by| Slow |Medium|Good by} Evil |Medium|Medium| Evil water water Thing Lost 10 | Found | Found | Part Not | Found] Lost | Found | Part found | found found * Arabic numbers mean that the judgment is determined by the figure in that House of Heaven. psd K 145

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1961 · PDF PAGE 114

Liber Aleph

…l. But this I fear for that she is not as any Woman, and I deem her to be the Vampire of this Ordeal. Now then? Shall I fear? Said I not long since, when I was called of Men Eliphaz Levi Zahed, that the Error of Œdipus was that he should have amed the Sphinx, and ridden her into Thebes? Shall I not take this Vampire, if she be such, and master her and turn her o the Great End? “Am I such a Man as should flee?” Is not all Fear the Word of Failure? Shall I distrust my Destiny? Am I that am the Word of the Æon of so little avail that even the whol…

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