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1901 · PDF PAGE 115

The Mother’s Tragedy

…ess, and Love; Reverses life and fact: and so believes. So man grew up and so religion grew. Now when the zons grow to millionfold, Hath earth one mystery, one glory new ? Are not these thoughts immeasurably old ? Only—day breaks as I am musing sadly; The phantoms scatter—is not earth divine ? I leap to saddle; gallop forward madly Into the morning strong and keen as wine. The gold air whistles and the glad horse thunders, Spurning the quiet woodland: now the light Stirs bird and beast—a thousand glowing wonders Flash into glory, lambent to the…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 12

The Goetia

bear MWe, and make all Spirits subject unto Me: so that everp Spirit of the firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth anv under the Earth: on dry Land and in the CGater: of TGbirling Dir, and of rushing frire: and everp Spell and Scourge of God map be obedient unto ae, wy % invoke Chee, the Cerrible and Jnvisible God: Tibho dwellest in the Goid JOlace of the Spirit :-— Arogogorobrad: Sothou; apodorid: JObalarthad: Moo: Apé, Che BWorniess One: ear MWe: etc, a Dear me :— Roubriad: MBariddam: Balbnabaoth: Assalonai: Aphniad: J: Choteth: Abrasar: …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 53

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…as asleep ; you and I were awake. Slowly the children crept to rest in the shadowy bushes, Slowly still the sun rose in the vacuous sky. Earth and air and our souls were faint in the heat of the noonday ; Slower and yet more slow moved your hand in my hair . Time stood still and the sun had paused his path in the heavens , Not a breath in the air ruffled the leaves of the bush . Even our hearts were still and the restless swarm of our kisses Paused and abandoned their flight resting yet on our lips . Yet , as a man in a swoon sees heaven and ea…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 79

Alice: An Adultery

…ive.” Measure for Measure. Of course I might have know it was a lie. Nathless, I wept all morning and despaired. Nothing for any life of earth I cared, Neither for heaven : I railed against the sky, Hating the earth, the sea, the witchery Of all the universe : my breast I bared And cursed God, hoping lightning ; and I dared Not ask my love “ In very truth—you die ?” I could not bear it longer ; then she spake : “ I lied indeed, love, for mine honour’s sake,” And I reproached her for her love’s distrust, Saying “ I would not so in any wise Have …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 287

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…iestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam the rain of Heaven Proven CH bution descending upon the Earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. fas I am the plenteous yielder of Harvest; I Sa cnr of sew do [Me | am the cherisher of Life.’” the bast WK ‘ A 5 ee “The Priestess with the Mask of Tarot . 7 5 7 Nephthys spake and said: ‘I am the dew a descending, viewless, Cases] | | civ. ie » sore — bomen | and silent, gemming |_\“% 4 Roomex 2 Via fitsize] | the Earth with count- 2 0 mor . Fart,…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 287

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…iestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam the rain of Heaven Proven CH bution descending upon the Earth, bearing with it the fructifying and germinating power. fas I am the plenteous yielder of Harvest; I Sa cnr of sew do [Me | am the cherisher of Life.’” the bast WK ‘ A 5 ee “The Priestess with the Mask of Tarot . 7 5 7 Nephthys spake and said: ‘I am the dew a descending, viewless, Cases] | | civ. ie » sore — bomen | and silent, gemming |_\“% 4 Roomex 2 Via fitsize] | the Earth with count- 2 0 mor . Fart,…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 183

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…ness shall I liken thee, O moon-wrought maiden of my dewy sleep? For thou art Queen of Thoughts, and unto me Sister and Bride ; the worn earth’s echoes leap Because thy holy name is Poesy. Whereto art thou most like? Thou art a Dian, crescent o’er the sea That beats sonorous on the craggy shore, Or shakes the frail earth-dyke. So calm and still and far, that never more Thy silken song shall quiver through the land ; Only by coral isle, by lonely strand Where no man dwells, thy voice re-wakens wild and grand. Thou artan Aphrodite. From the foam …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 76

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…gh the vision of clouds rifted , Soars quick and clear . We know the dance that hails the golden pinions The sun waves over an awakening earth ; We know the joy that floods the heart 's dominions At true love 's birth . Even so, the mists that roll o' er earth are riven , The spirit flashes forth from mortal sight , And , flaming through the viewless space , is given A robe of light . As when the conqueror Christ burst forth of prison And triumph woke the thunder of the spheres , So broke the soul , as newly re - arisen Beyond the years . 57

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1910 · PDF PAGE 174

The World’s Tragedy

…ent And all thy father’s hate corrode Thy will, as the breath of a bloat toad Might rot the lungs of a young child. Then were indeed the earth defiled And the sole seedling that must lurk In the desert world — waste by thy Work — Itself its loveliness transplant To a flawless field whose grace should grant Life to that bright inhabitant. ISSA These eyes are blind with blood and tears ; They strain across the doubtful years ; They search the stars : the earth they scan ; All, all spells Misery to Man. Of whom I am. First, fables gross and foul H…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 138

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

H . O . Meredith . So earth and God, man's parents twain , Of diverse nature intertwined , In flesh of man, and in man 's brain Symbol of mystic wedlock find . Earth for the service of her King Does on a radiant purity , Deep to her centre passioning Mother and nurse of man to be, And all the soul of God is great With transport unimaginable , He thrills , he trembles , to create Man that has mind to praise him well .” VI . “ There is a chaos throned above the throne Law is the servant of no destiny : Law is a shadow thrown From shapes of things…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

150 THE EQUINOX For that whereof He was wrought Was bound up with the curse Of love. So let him lie with earth above, And earth below. He hath forgotten who was fulfilled of woe. He is buried deep, oh! deep: Leave him alone to sleep. Leave him to sleep alone under the sky; He had one mighty vision, and did die. Now he is dead that dream shall be fulfilled While he doth sleep. For, whilst his song is utterly stilled, His dream doth wake again, And laugh and weep. But he is free, and knoweth no more pain. VII THE SONG Yea! I who have lain dead am…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 188

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

150 THE EQUINOX For that whereof He was wrought Was bound up with the curse Of love. So let him lie with earth above, And earth below. He hath forgotten who was fulfilled of woe. He is buried deep, oh! deep: Leave him alone to sleep. Leave him to sleep alone under the sky; He had one mighty vision, and did die. Now he is dead that dream shall be fulfilled While he doth sleep. For, whilst his song is utterly stilled, His dream doth wake again, And laugh and weep. But he is free, and knoweth no more pain. VII THE SONG Yea! I who have lain dead am…

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1930 · PDF PAGE 85

Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 4)

The Greater Ritual of the Hexagram. INVOKING BANISHING To invoke or banish planets or zodiacal signs. The Hexagram of Earth alone is used. Draw the hexagram, - 385 -

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1905 · PDF PAGE 27

Orpheus

…and wonder? Love in Olympus is free— I have created a god, not a mortal of mortal degree. Ant. y ORPHEUS Hear me, O mother, descended To earth, from the sisterly shrine ! Hear me, a mortal unfriended, Save thou, in thy purity splendid Indwell me, invoke the divine! As sunlight enkindles the ocean, As moonlight shakes earth with emotion, As starlight shoots trembling in wine, So be thy soul for a man! Teach my young fingers to span That musical lyre of thine! Passion and music and peace, Teach me the singing of these! - Teach me the tune of the …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 65

Ambergris

56 AMBERGRIS Glow on the bosom of fixed earth ; and Need, The Lady of Beginning, also was. Thus was the firmament a vital glass, The waters as the vessel of the soul ; Thus earth, the mystic basis of the whole, Was smitten through with fire, as chrysopras, Blending, uniting and dividing it, Volcanic, airy, and celestial. I rose within the elemental ball, And lo ! the Ancient One of Days did sit ! His head and hair were white as wool, his eyes A flaming fire : and from the splended mouth Flashed the Eternal Sword ! Lo ! Lying at his feet as dead…

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1901 · PDF PAGE 31

Carmen Saeculare

…ide, hide thy bright eyes, O Apollo ! The murder is done.* The stones should arise to declare it, Their terror and tyrannous reign ! The earth be unable to bear it, Gape wide, for her motherly pain ! Shalt thou, O Columbia, share it, The shame and the stain ? Your stripes are the stripes of dishonour ; Your stars are cast down from the sky ; While earth has this burden upon her, Your eagle unwilling to fly ! Loose, loose the wide wings ! For your honour ! Let tyranny die ! Remember, this day of your glory, Your fight for the freedom you own. Th…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 191

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

… of the sky is unveiléd, The rain and the clouds are dispersed to the sea, He strides through the heaven, a knight brightly mailéd ; The earth is rejoiced and the fountains are free, Leaping, cascades of new song. Music and myrtle are bound in the forehead Golden of dawn’s herald strong ; The sea basks below in the atmosphere torrid, Waiting and waiting a lover. All men despise her: a woman once found Joy in the kisses whereby she was drowned, Love in her death to discover. I, in the pzan of earth, air, and ocean, Join and laugh loud for the lo…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 81

The Argonauts

…separate soul, but be Himself the moon and sea. Not all the wealth that flowers shed, And sacred streams, on that calm head; Not all the earth’s spell-weaving dream And scent of new-turned earth shall seem Again indeed his mother’s breast To breathe like sleep and give him rest ; He lives or dies in subtler swoon Between the sea and moon. So standing, gliding, undeterred By any her alluring word That calls from older forest glades, My soul forgets the gentle maids That wooed me in the scarlet bowers, And golden cluster-woof of flowers; Forgets …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 113

Oracles

… ON WAIKIKI BEACH In the Cadmean cup, As incense lifted in the thurible, We know that God is even as we, Light from the sky, and life on earth, and love beneath the sea.

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1911 · PDF PAGE 199

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…s ever sure, We fall asleep and never wake again ; Nothing is of us but the mouldering flesh, Whose elements dissolve and merge afresh In earth, air, water, plants, and other men. We finish thus ; and all our wretched race Shall finish with its Cycle, and give place To other beings, with their own time-doom Infinite aeons ere our kind began ; Infinite æons after the last man Has joined the mammoth in earth’s tomb and womb. We bow down to the universal laws, Which never had for man a special clause Of cruelty or kindness, love or hate : If toads and …

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