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1902 · PDF PAGE 8

Tannhäuser

…g prison of his silences ! Let deeper silence shield the deeper rapture ! Twin souls are we, to one Star bound in Heaven ! Twin souls on earth by earthly bars divided ! But, did thy spirit glide as mine has glided Straight to That Star — no rose-leaves ask to leaven The manna that the Moon of Love provided ! Twin souls are we, to one Star bound in Heaven ! Not to thy presence in the veil and vision Of solemn lies that men miscall the world ; Not to thy mind the lightnings truthward hurled I turn. I laugh dead distance to derision !— Spirit to s…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 54

Orpheus

… My sister the sea; I have called, and they answer and come; and their song is but glory to thee. One other is left me, The light of the earth. If Fate had bereft me, Oh Muse, of thy birth, Still I had cleft me A way in her girth! I tune the loud lyre once again to the mother of men in her mirth. O mighty and glad In spring-time and summer! O tearful and sad When the sun is grown dumber, 55

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1910 · PDF PAGE 130

Ambergris

…pon the for- est : groves are gray With filtered glamours of the day, the steely ray flung off his shield. She kneels, yon spirit of the earth ; she kneels and looks toward the east. In her gray eyes awakes the beast from slumber into druid mirth. She is amazed, she, eager, she, exotic orchid of the glade ! She waits the ripe, exultant blade, life tempered by eternity. And I who witness am possessed by awe grown crimson with desire, Its iron image wrapped in fire and branded idly on my breast. Her face is bronze, her skin is green, as woods and…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…Glory to Thee from gilded tomb ! Glory to Thee from waiting womb ! 2nd Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee from virgin vowed ! Glory to Thee from earth unploughed ! 1st Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee, true Unity Of the eternal Trinity! 2nd Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam And self of I am that I am! 1st Semt-chorus. Glory to Thee, beyond all term, Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ! 2nd Semt-chorus. Glory to Thee, eternal Sun, Thou One in Three, thou Three in One! Chorus. Glory and worship be to Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! [He …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 119

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…Glory to Thee from gilded tomb ! Glory to Thee from waiting womb ! 2nd Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee from virgin vowed ! Glory to Thee from earth unploughed ! 1st Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee, true Unity Of the eternal Trinity! 2nd Semi-chorus. Glory to Thee, thou sire and dam And self of I am that I am! 1st Semt-chorus. Glory to Thee, beyond all term, Thy spring of sperm, thy seed and germ! 2nd Semt-chorus. Glory to Thee, eternal Sun, Thou One in Three, thou Three in One! Chorus. Glory and worship be to Thee, Sap of the world-ash, wonder-tree! [He …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 271

Collected Works (Vol. I)

…the well; And the strange loves of that misshapen Other, The feast of blood, the cold enchanted dell, Where fire was filtered up through earth to smother Sick scents of hell. And that wild night when vine-leaves wooed and clustered Round my wild limbs, and like a woman I went Over the mountains—how the Northwind blustered !— And slew with them the beast, and was content. The madness :—Oh! the dreadful light that lustred The main event. Ay! the wild whirlings in the woodland reaches ; The ghastly smile upon the Stone God’s ! lip; The rigid tremo…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 28

Why Jesus Wept

…ller 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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1913 · PDF PAGE 163

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…ook form , Strove , won , survived : and God became the world . Next , some internal force began to move Within the bosom of that latest earth : The spirit of an elemental love Stirred outward from itself , and God was birth . Then outward , upward , with heroic thew , Savage from young and bursting blood of life , Desire took form , and conquered , and anew Strove , conquered , and took form : God was that strife . Thus , like a comet , fiery flight on Alight , Flash upon flash , and purple morn on morn : But always out of agony - delight ; An…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 16

Orpheus

…love, thine alone, am I fain! Be with me, possess me, reveal me the melodies never yet given to men. The starry and heavenly wheels, The earth and her glorious dye, The light that the darkness reveals, The river, the sea, and the sky; All nature, or joyful or dire, Life, death, let them throng to the lyre, All sealed with the marvellous seals ! Let them live in my sob, let them love in my song, let them even be I! Let me in most various song Be seasons, be rivers that roll, Be stars, the untameable throng, All parts of the ultimate whole; All n…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 123

Orpheus

…ow little means Thy Universe to Me? How petty looks Thy will to My desire? Hebe and Hera to Eurydice? I, knowing all the progress of the earth, The dim procession, altering death and birth, The Seven Stairs, the gusts of life in fire And Love in Life, and all the serpent girth 124

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1910 · PDF PAGE 217

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

… Air, In whose bosom the infinite ease is that cradled me there; By the Lord of the Fields and the Mountains, the King of the Spirits of Earth That nurtured my life at his fountains from the hour of my birth; 199

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1910 · PDF PAGE 217

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

… Air, In whose bosom the infinite ease is that cradled me there; By the Lord of the Fields and the Mountains, the King of the Spirits of Earth That nurtured my life at his fountains from the hour of my birth; 199

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1901 · PDF PAGE 108

The Mother’s Tragedy

… snake of some convulsive love! The leopard changed his spots; for in me leapt The mate, the tiger. Murderous I sprang Across the mellow earth: my senses swept, One torrent flame, one soul-dissolving pang. How queenly bent her body to the grip! How lithe it slips, her bosom to my own!

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1909 · PDF PAGE 32

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…s and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open. (The Grade of 1°=10° is particularly attributed to the element of Earth. See “777,” lines 10 and 32 bis.) The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram This ritual is to be performed after the “ Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram.” (i) Stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right arm across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. Then face East, and say: (ii) IL N. RI Yod. Nun. Resh. Yod. Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother. Scorpio, Apophis, Destroyer. Sol, Osiri…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 32

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…s and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open. (The Grade of 1°=10° is particularly attributed to the element of Earth. See “777,” lines 10 and 32 bis.) The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram This ritual is to be performed after the “ Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram.” (i) Stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right arm across body, holding the wand or other weapon upright in the median line. Then face East, and say: (ii) IL N. RI Yod. Nun. Resh. Yod. Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother. Scorpio, Apophis, Destroyer. Sol, Osiri…

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1898 · PDF PAGE 25

Jephthah

…d thine. JEPHTHAH. I thank you, people. Let the younger men Gather their swords and spears, and pass before This spear I strike into the earth, that so I see how many fight for Israel. CHORUS. The young men are girded with swords, And the spears flash on high, and each shield Gleams bright like the fury of lords Through the steam of the well-foughten field, And the children of Ammon are broken, their princes and warriors yield. The captain is chosen for fight, The light of his eye is as fire, And his hand is hardy of might And heavy as dead des…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 77

Tale of Archais

…fair Ida, thou hast sealed my bliss ! ” Then with one long intense unpitying kiss Pressed on her bosom, he arose and swore By heaven and earth and all the seas that roar And stars that sing, by rivers and fresh flood, By his own essence, by his body and blood, To lay his godhead down, till night drew nigh, To be a mortal till the vesper cry Of dying breezes. So the morning past And found them linked inexorably fast Each in the other’s arms. Their lips are wed To drink the breezes from the fountain-head Of lovers’ breath. Now Zeus half rises up,…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 207

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…e very pang of lust ; And love, that comes before all power and worth , Might scarcely shape such beauty out of dust Did you forsake the earth . And yours the wonder of all times and lands , Of tongues , and work of human hearts and hands , Of thought , and deeds , and art . Only to you the unbroken temple stands That human love has wrought in every part To endure among the sands . For you beyond all earthly good we crave , Loveliest of spirits visiting us , save Your shy and seldom brother Who dwells beyond the silence of the grave ; And well …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 455

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…rips his throat, he goes, Goes on to meet it, spear to spear, ; As good knight should, to face his foes. Nay! but the end is come. Black earth Belches that peerless Paladin Up from her gulphs—untimely birth! —Her horror could not hold him in! 79

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1910 · PDF PAGE 455

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…rips his throat, he goes, Goes on to meet it, spear to spear, ; As good knight should, to face his foes. Nay! but the end is come. Black earth Belches that peerless Paladin Up from her gulphs—untimely birth! —Her horror could not hold him in! 79

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