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1913 · PDF PAGE 220

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

Edmund Vale. THE KING 'S WHITE DAUGHTER . DEHOLD ! “ The Bride's Descent," a thousand steps to a great river, Decked all with garlands for nuptials soon to be Old towers and gateways leading up for ever Through ancient Courts of Silence to the Kingdom of Faerie . And the wild swans flew up that sunny water , And the wild swans flew down ; And high above the lawns where walked the King 's White Daughter They flew and took the sunlight which sparkled in her crown . And on the lawn she saw them , their long V'd shadows slanting , While beside her …

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1907 · PDF PAGE 147

The Star in the West

140 THE STAR IN THE WEST Locusta , and yet is vestal and virgin ; white as the driven snow , pure as a mountain rill . One with the pale Mother of Bethlehem and the scarlet harlot of the City of Abominations . Then will the storm -clouds part , and the smoke and steam of the earth vanish , and the social harlot , whose painted buttocks have heaved and hog -wallowed through the centuries , shall be seized and hurled from the rock of Tarpeia , and smothered with the goatish kisses of her lechery midst the charnel glitter of her gold . And the Ves…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 315

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING then did bewilderment possess me, for I found that I was robed in red garments in place of the white in which I had dressed myself. And as I wondered, the angel said to me: ‘They have been given thee’ ; therefore again I knelt, and was endued with a great power. “ And as the great strength coursed through me I stood up and the angel gave me a white wand, placing it in my right hand; then fiery rain fell upon me, bursting into little flames as it touched me. “Taller and taller did I grow, striving up and upwards to…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 315

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING then did bewilderment possess me, for I found that I was robed in red garments in place of the white in which I had dressed myself. And as I wondered, the angel said to me: ‘They have been given thee’ ; therefore again I knelt, and was endued with a great power. “ And as the great strength coursed through me I stood up and the angel gave me a white wand, placing it in my right hand; then fiery rain fell upon me, bursting into little flames as it touched me. “Taller and taller did I grow, striving up and upwards to…

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1929 · PDF PAGE 32

The Stratagem and Other Stories

…nnot hope even to suggest the wickedness and filth of these simple expressions. Then, raising its voice to a grating scream, it yelled: “White of egg! White of egg! White of egg!” again and again for twenty minutes. The effect on me was shocking. It was as if I had a vision of Hell. Arthur found me in a very hysterical condition, but soon soothed me. “Do you know,” he said at dinner, “I believe I have got a devilish bad chill?” It was the first time I had known him to complain of his health. In six years he had not had as much as a headache. I …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…n, yet courage). Therein rule the two great Angels?חישהמand?לאה'ללof the Schemhamphorash. XXIV THE LORD OF PRUDENCE Eἐξά! qf Fenian/es A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, issuing from a cloud, and grasping a branch of a rose tree, with four white roses thereon, which touch only the four lowermost Pentacles. No rosebuds even, but only leaves, touch the {our uppermost M 2 179

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1912 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

… Angel Rulers. XXVII THE LORD OF PEACE RESTORED Two ofSwords or Pikes Two crossed swords, like the air dagger of a Z.A.M, each held by a White Radiant Angelic Hand. Upon the point where the two cross is a rose of five petals, emitting white rays. At the top and bottom of the card are two small daggers, supporting respectively the symbol v thus, and & representing the Decanate. 181

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1912 · PDF PAGE 221

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…n, yet courage). Therein rule the two great Angels?חישהמand?לאה'ללof the Schemhamphorash. XXIV THE LORD OF PRUDENCE Eἐξά! qf Fenian/es A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, issuing from a cloud, and grasping a branch of a rose tree, with four white roses thereon, which touch only the four lowermost Pentacles. No rosebuds even, but only leaves, touch the {our uppermost M 2 179

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1912 · PDF PAGE 223

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

… Angel Rulers. XXVII THE LORD OF PEACE RESTORED Two ofSwords or Pikes Two crossed swords, like the air dagger of a Z.A.M, each held by a White Radiant Angelic Hand. Upon the point where the two cross is a rose of five petals, emitting white rays. At the top and bottom of the card are two small daggers, supporting respectively the symbol v thus, and & representing the Decanate. 181

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1913 · PDF PAGE 181

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

ROSA IGNOTA Upon thy grave shows bare and white In the chill heart of winter's night. Still shall I feel the wind that blows From the secret grave of thee, my Rose. IV DECADENCE TwILicut, that is the thin gray ghost of day, Holds the dim way of death ; the darkness grows More sanguine-hearted as the hour is sped, And with less light is fed; Thine hour grows, grows alway : Thou art mine, mine own, mine own, thou sanguine Rose. Thou sanguine Rose! Deep-hearted as the hour Thou bearest as a flame; more argent-shod Than the eloquent bringer of the …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 181

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

ROSA IGNOTA Upon thy grave shows bare and white In the chill heart of winter's night. Still shall I feel the wind that blows From the secret grave of thee, my Rose. IV DECADENCE TwILicut, that is the thin gray ghost of day, Holds the dim way of death ; the darkness grows More sanguine-hearted as the hour is sped, And with less light is fed; Thine hour grows, grows alway : Thou art mine, mine own, mine own, thou sanguine Rose. Thou sanguine Rose! Deep-hearted as the hour Thou bearest as a flame; more argent-shod Than the eloquent bringer of the …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…rrow, and tears). Herein rule the Great Angels?לא"והand?הימוהas Lords of the Decan. XXIX THE LORD OF REST FROM STRIFE Four of Swords Two White Radiating Angelic Hands, each holding two swords; which four cross in the centre. The rose of five petals with white radiations is reinstated on the point of their intersection Above and below, on the points of two small daggers, are and Δ, representing the Decanate. Rest from sorrow ; yet after and through it. Peace from and after war. Relaxation of anxiety. Quietness, rest, ease and plenty, yet after st…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 225

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…rrow, and tears). Herein rule the Great Angels?לא"והand?הימוהas Lords of the Decan. XXIX THE LORD OF REST FROM STRIFE Four of Swords Two White Radiating Angelic Hands, each holding two swords; which four cross in the centre. The rose of five petals with white radiations is reinstated on the point of their intersection Above and below, on the points of two small daggers, are and Δ, representing the Decanate. Rest from sorrow ; yet after and through it. Peace from and after war. Relaxation of anxiety. Quietness, rest, ease and plenty, yet after st…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XLVI THE LORD OF ESTABLISHED STRENGTH Three of ψωμί: Α WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, as before, issuing from clouds and grasping three wands in the centre (two crossed, the third upright). Flames issue from the point of junction. Above and below are the symbols 0 and τ. Established force, strength, realization of hope. Com- pletion of labour. Success after struggle, Pride, nobility, wealth, power, conceit. Rude self-assumption and insolence. Generosity, obstinacy, etc. Binah of ( ?יPride, arrogance, self-as…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 237

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS OF THE TAROT XLVI THE LORD OF ESTABLISHED STRENGTH Three of ψωμί: Α WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, as before, issuing from clouds and grasping three wands in the centre (two crossed, the third upright). Flames issue from the point of junction. Above and below are the symbols 0 and τ. Established force, strength, realization of hope. Com- pletion of labour. Success after struggle, Pride, nobility, wealth, power, conceit. Rude self-assumption and insolence. Generosity, obstinacy, etc. Binah of ( ?יPride, arrogance, self-as…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 222

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…e. Hod of( ?הSkill: prudence: cunning). Therein rule those mighty Angels?היאכאand?לאחהג XXV THE LORD OF MATERIAL GAIN Nine of Pan/ades A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, holding a rose branch with nine white roses; each of which touches a Pentacle. The Pentacles are arranged thus ξ-ξ: and there are rosebuds on the branches as well as flowers. 9 and "I; above and below. Complete realization of material gain, good, riches; in- heritance; covetous; treasuring of goods; and sometimes theft and knavery. The whole according to dignity, Yesod of( ?הInheri…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 222

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…e. Hod of( ?הSkill: prudence: cunning). Therein rule those mighty Angels?היאכאand?לאחהג XXV THE LORD OF MATERIAL GAIN Nine of Pan/ades A WHITE Radiating Angelic Hand, holding a rose branch with nine white roses; each of which touches a Pentacle. The Pentacles are arranged thus ξ-ξ: and there are rosebuds on the branches as well as flowers. 9 and "I; above and below. Complete realization of material gain, good, riches; in- heritance; covetous; treasuring of goods; and sometimes theft and knavery. The whole according to dignity, Yesod of( ?הInheri…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 53

Tale of Archais

…oud Of fire and adamant, a ceaseless crowd Of rushing atoms roaring into space, Driven by demons from before the Face. And these gleamed white, while Helios lit the heaven, Like tusks ; but at the coming of the even Were visions wonderful with indigo ; And in the glory of the afterglow Were rosy with its kiss ; and in the night Were crowned with that unutterable light That is a brilliance of solemn black, Glistening wide across the ocean track Of white-sailed ships and many mariners. So, on the tallest spire, where wakes and whirrs The eagle wh…

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1903 · PDF PAGE 25

Alice: An Adultery

WHITE POPPY Amid the drowsy dream, Lit by some fitful beam Of other light Than the mere sun, supreme On all the glint and gleam Shooting through night, Above the water-way Where my poor corpse must stay, I bend and float away From human sight. 3

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1912 · PDF PAGE 231

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…II THE LORD OF MATERIAL WORKS Tlla/ee of Pg;/[lades A VVHITE—WINGEDAngelic Hand,as before, holding a branch of a rose tree, of which two white rosebuds touch and sur— mount the topmost Pentacle. The Pentacles are arranged in an equilateral triangle. Above and below the symbols :3 and vj. Working and constructive force, building up, creation, erection; realization and increase of material things; gain in commercial transactions, rank; increase of substance, influ— ence, cleverness in business, selfishness. Commencement of matters to be established…

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