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Page 57 of 1121901 · PDF PAGE 81
…od in my despair. “ The quest of quests ! I seek it, for I dare ! Moonward ! on, moonward ! ” And the full moon shone, A glory for God’s eyes to dwell upon, A path of silver furrowed in the air, A gateway where an angel might have gone. And forward gleamed a narrow way of earth Crusted with salt : I watch the fairy birth Of countless flashes on the crystal flakes, Forgetting it is only death that makes Its home the centre of that starry girth. Yet, what is life ? The manhood in me wakes. The absolute desire hath hold of me. Death were most welc…
1905 · PDF PAGE 121
…ered kisses for thy listening lips, While Eos blushes in the sky, to find A fairer, queenlier maiden, and as kind To man and maid, whose eyes are lit by the same mind. Thou hast, as Pallas hath, a polished shield, Whose Gorgon-head is Hatred, and asword Sharper than Love’s. ‘Thy wisdom is revealed To them who love, but thou hast aye ab- horred The children of revenge ; to them is sealed Thy book, so clear to me. Thy book where seven sins their sceptres wield, And seven sorrows track them, and one joy Cancels their infamy ; Shame and regret are …
1905 · PDF PAGE 126
ANIMA LUNAE I2I With gold hair curling like the spring sun’s gold, And blue eyes where stars lurked for happiness, And lithe with all a young fawn’s loveliness. Such are the dwellers of the fire that fold Fine wings in wanton ecstasy, and sleep Where the thin tongues of glory leap Up from the brazen hold And far majestic keep Of Djinn, the Lord of elemental light. But he beheld some sight Beyond that city’s joy : his gentle word The old king gently heard. (This king was Zôhra’s father) “ Lord and king Of love’s own city, give me leave to wing A…
1910 · PDF PAGE 24
AMBERGRIS 15 FROM MYSTERIES De Profundis Blood, mist, and foam, then darkness. On my eyes Sits heaviness, the poor worn body lies Devoid of nerve and muscle ; it were death Save for the heart that throbs, the breast that sighs. The brain reels drowsily, the mind is dulled, Deadened and drowned by noises that are lulled By the harsh poison of the hateful breath. All sense and sound and seeing is annulled. Within a body dead a deadened brain Beats with the burden of a shameful pain, The sullen agony that dares to think, And think through sleep, a…
1911 · PDF PAGE 209
…ns and reposes, Love ever quickeneth! Sweet, sweet, when Lion and Maiden, The motley months of gold, Swoop down with sunlight laden, And eyes are bright and bold. Life-swelling breasts uncover Their warm involving deep— Love, sleep !— And lover lies with lover On air’s substantial steep. Ah! sweeter was September— The amber rain of leaves, The harvest to remember, The load of sunny sheaves. In gardens deeply scented, In orchards heavily hung, Love flung Away the days demented With lips that curled and clung. 29
1911 · PDF PAGE 209
…ns and reposes, Love ever quickeneth! Sweet, sweet, when Lion and Maiden, The motley months of gold, Swoop down with sunlight laden, And eyes are bright and bold. Life-swelling breasts uncover Their warm involving deep— Love, sleep !— And lover lies with lover On air’s substantial steep. Ah! sweeter was September— The amber rain of leaves, The harvest to remember, The load of sunny sheaves. In gardens deeply scented, In orchards heavily hung, Love flung Away the days demented With lips that curled and clung. 29
1912 · PDF PAGE 67
…ttering one, be ever with mel Amen. ,, 3x. A better than ever yet. Vision quite perfect ; I tasted the sweet kiss and gazed in the clear eyes of that Radiant One. My own face became luminous. June I. A good but interfered with by fatigue. Used much resolution. (And now Fra. Ρ. was to be struck down by an overwhelming blow. It seems almost as if the experiences of May 30 and 31 were to prepare him to meet it.) ,, 2. Arrived Liverpool. Heard of Baby’s death by letter from —— and v—. Arrived London, perfectly stunned. (He travelled to London with …
1912 · PDF PAGE 67
…ttering one, be ever with mel Amen. ,, 3x. A better than ever yet. Vision quite perfect ; I tasted the sweet kiss and gazed in the clear eyes of that Radiant One. My own face became luminous. June I. A good but interfered with by fatigue. Used much resolution. (And now Fra. Ρ. was to be struck down by an overwhelming blow. It seems almost as if the experiences of May 30 and 31 were to prepare him to meet it.) ,, 2. Arrived Liverpool. Heard of Baby’s death by letter from —— and v—. Arrived London, perfectly stunned. (He travelled to London with …
1899 · PDF PAGE 98
…world is awake. Only one hour since you whispered the story out of your heart to my tremulous ear; Only one hour since the light of your eyes was the victor of violent sorrow and fear; Your lips were so set to the lips of me here. Surely the victory ripens to perfect conquest of every- thing set in our way. We must be free as our hearts are, and gather strength for our limbs for the heat of the fray: The battle is ours if you say me not nay. Fly with me far, where the ocean is bounded white by the walls of the northernmost shore, | Where on a l…
1901 · PDF PAGE 82
…ly hearse Dressed as an altar: is she nun or nurse, The priestess chosen of the half-formed faces ? Abbess, sweet child of the unsullied eyes! Why? To blaspheme! Sweet child, the dance grows madder. O I am faint with pleasure! Ah! be wise; One measure more, and then—the sacrifice ? What victim ? Guess—a woman or an adder? Nay, fear not, baby! In your mother’s hand You must be safe ? You trust the womb that bare you! Who comes toward us? Why, our God, the Grand! Our Baphomet! Come, baby, to the band: Our God may kiss you—yes, he will not spare y…
1905 · PDF PAGE 68
…ttered on the quivering cross : “ Eli, Eli, lamma sabachthani,” Thee, thee, thee only I invoke ! O Soul Of my own spirit, let thy fervid eyes Give me their light : for thou dost stand, as God Among the Holy Ones. Before the gods Thy music moves, coequal, coeterne, Thou, Lord of Light and Life and Love ! Come forth ! I call thee in the holiest name of Him Lord of the Universe, and by His Name, Osiris perfected through suffering, Glorious in trial : by His Holy Name, Jesus, the Godhead passing through the gates Of Hell, that even there the rescue…
1905 · PDF PAGE 86
…in eternal calm thy virginal depths lie. The peace of God, that passeth understanding, that am I ! Even I, perceiving deeply beneath the eyes of flame The soul that, kindling, is not kindled : I have known thy Name. Awake, O soaring billows ! Lighten the raging dome, Wrap the wide horizon in a single cloak of flaming foam, Leap in your fury ! Beat upon the shores unseen ! Devour your food, The broken cliff, the crumbled bank, the bar. I know the mood. Even so I see the terror of universal strife : Murderous war, and murderous peace, and miserab…
1909 · PDF PAGE 43
… some infernal torture- couch, and strike her into spasm as the lightning splits the cloud-wrack, only to read in her infinite sea-green eyes the awful price of her virginity—black madness. Even supreme Richard Burton, who solved nigh every other riddle of the Eastern Sphinx, passed this one by. He took the drug for months “with no other symptom than increased appetite,” and in his general attitude to hashish- II c 33
1909 · PDF PAGE 43
… some infernal torture- couch, and strike her into spasm as the lightning splits the cloud-wrack, only to read in her infinite sea-green eyes the awful price of her virginity—black madness. Even supreme Richard Burton, who solved nigh every other riddle of the Eastern Sphinx, passed this one by. He took the drug for months “with no other symptom than increased appetite,” and in his general attitude to hashish- II c 33
1909 · PDF PAGE 13
… on the wings, and arouse the coiled splendour within you: come unto me! 62. At all my meetings with you shall the priestess say—and her eyes shall burn with desire as she stands bare and rejoicing in my secret temple—To me! To me! calling forth the flame of the hearts of all in her love-chant. 63. Sing the rapturous love-song unto me! Burn to me perfumes! Wear to me jewels! Drink to me, for I love you! I love you! 64. I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sun- set; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky. 65. To me! To me! 66. The Mani…
1913 · PDF PAGE 121
… is the first step; the second must go further. Having sympathized sufficiently with both the lions and the Christians, let him open his eyes to that which his sympathy had masked thitherto, that the picture is abominably conceived, abomin- ably composed, abominably drawn, and abominably coloured, as it is pretty sure to be. Let him further study those masters, in science or in art, who have observed with minds untinctured by emotion. Let him learn to detect idealizations, to criticize and correct them. Let him understand the falsehood of Rapha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 101
…r threescore corporals stand steady. Five captains, all alert and ready, Watch, lion-heart, against surprise, As each man had an hundred eyes. [4 gain, the clash of steel. Then music played (joa and ORCHESTRA), growing ever softer. As it fades away, enter from the trees three men: a CHINESE armed witha scourge and a rope, a ved man, like an Aras, with a hammer and three nails, and a warrior chief, like a zuvu, with an assegat. They move somewhat furtively, and as if afraid. The CHINESE accosts JOVIAN. CHINESE. I am the dragon brother of your pr…
1913 · PDF PAGE 172
… me the spivits of the years That I had wasted; Lose, they said, thy fears ; Thou art before Love's throne imperial! So then I bent mine eyes unto the earth, Andfell upon my knees, and cried for grace, Fearing to gaze upon the royal face. But suddenly there came the sound of mirth Mingled with tears, from that imperial throne, And then a voice: Come, Lord, unto thine own.
1913 · PDF PAGE 101
…r threescore corporals stand steady. Five captains, all alert and ready, Watch, lion-heart, against surprise, As each man had an hundred eyes. [4 gain, the clash of steel. Then music played (joa and ORCHESTRA), growing ever softer. As it fades away, enter from the trees three men: a CHINESE armed witha scourge and a rope, a ved man, like an Aras, with a hammer and three nails, and a warrior chief, like a zuvu, with an assegat. They move somewhat furtively, and as if afraid. The CHINESE accosts JOVIAN. CHINESE. I am the dragon brother of your pr…
1913 · PDF PAGE 172
… me the spivits of the years That I had wasted; Lose, they said, thy fears ; Thou art before Love's throne imperial! So then I bent mine eyes unto the earth, Andfell upon my knees, and cried for grace, Fearing to gaze upon the royal face. But suddenly there came the sound of mirth Mingled with tears, from that imperial throne, And then a voice: Come, Lord, unto thine own.