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Page 62 of 801906 · PDF PAGE 42
…hem to dustand they Were sparks and no more clay. The dust thrown up around Him _ In cycles whirled and twined, Dim sparks that fled and found Him Like mist beyond the mind. The universe was peopled then With little gods, and men. In that ecstatic whirling He saw not nor . He knew not in His fervour Creation’s sated sigh ; The groan of the Preserver, Life’s miserable lie. ) I broke that silence, and afraid I knew not what I prayed. Let peace awaken for an hour And manifest as power. Cease not the dance unceasing, The glance nor swerve nor cease…
1929 · PDF PAGE 486
…ontribution did not suit him, he did not reject it without a word of explanation. He talked it over, and suggested modifications. I thus found out how to suit his taste without injuring my self-respect. Most editors drive away their best contributors by treating them like street beggars and leave them bewildered at the rejection. Others, again, haggle over the terms and as often as not delay or evade payment. They then wonder why they fail to hit the public taste. It soon goes around that getting a cheque from so-and-so is like fishing for shar…
1906 · PDF PAGE 24
…find the wound. Across the city, as in closéd meres, Making the pavements isles, it disappears ; In it all creatures’ thirst relief hath found ; All nature in its scarlet hue is drowned. I have often prayed these fickle wines to weep For one day Lethe on my threatening fear— Wine makes the ear more sharp, the eye more clear. I have sought in Love forgetfulness- and sleep— My love’s a bed of needles made to pierce, That drink be given to these women fierce ! LA BEATRICE. AS I one day to nature made lament In burnt-up lands, calcined of nutriment…
1907 · PDF PAGE 120
…he tyrant? Six are these, Perfectly sad, and steady, and at ease. Self-slain, they shall save others from the yoke. Seven then are these found faithful unto death ; From Calais six ; and one from Nazareth. REVEIL D’ADONIS,! ADONIS, awake, it is day; it is spring! It is dawn on the lea, it is light on the lake! The fawn’s in the bush and the bird’s on the wing | Adonis, awake! Adonis, awake! We are colour and song And form, we are Muses most tender to take Thy life up to Art that was lost over long. Adonis, awake! Adonis, awake! thou hast risen …
1929 · PDF PAGE 139
…ch hung above her, and she could see Vesuvius away to the right. She turned to breast the steep slope between her and the road, when she found herself confronted by something that she could not see. She had only a feeling that it was black, that it was icy cold, and that it wished to take the tablet from her. Her first sentiment was that of acute hatred and repulsion; but the thing, whatever it was, seemed so wretched, that she felt she would like to help it. Then she suddenly glowed hot — the arms of Abdul Bey were round her, and his face was …
1929 · PDF PAGE 214
…smash when the war came. But Albert pocketed the good red gold without a second thought; that's partly what the trouble is over. Germany found out about it." "And why buy Italy? To keep Austria busy, I suppose? These Wops can hardly hope to force the line, especially with the Trentino Salient on the flank." "That's the idea. It would have been better and cheaper to buy Bulgaria. But Grey wouldn't see it. There's the eternal fear of Russia to remember. We're fighting against both sides in the Balkans! And that makes Russia half- hearted, and end…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
…out a terrible fire with a torch. She had a red lion and a white eagle, that she had always had ever since she was a little girl. She had found them in a nasty pit full of all kinds of filth, and they were very savage; but by always treating them kindly they had grown up faithful and good. This should be a lesson to all of us never to be unkind to our pets. My Fairy Prince was laughing all the time in the third path. There Via D v. Sustentnculum Via 3 v. Piscir
1909 · PDF PAGE 59
NOTES 43 Cot. CXXVII.—These and many other (rather far- fetched and irrelevant) attributions of various things are to be found in Burton’s Arabian Nights, in the Tale of Abn al-Husn and his Slave-Girl Tawaddud. Cot. CXXXIII.—The symbolic forms and Divination meanings of these cards can be readily constructed from considerations of their natures as here indicated. Line §6.—This is the First Decan, and begins from Cor Leonis. Cor. CXXXVIII.—Astrological symbols are derived from the primary forms—Cross, Crescent, Circle. Cor. CLXXITI.—For meaning …
1996 · PDF PAGE 106
… indeed its Father’s son, he will not fear to show lack of filial reverence, or presumption, if he forget its fam ily in the fervour of founding one of his own, of begetting boys not better or braver indeed than his brothers, girls not softer or sweeter indeed than his sisters, but wholly his own, with his own defects and desires evoked by enchantment of ecstasy when he dies to himself in the womb of the witch who lusts for his life, and buys it with the Coin that bears his Image and Superscription. Such is the secret of the Soul of the Artist…
1904 · PDF PAGE 5
…e events. The two thieves were “ nailed up like vermin ” on either side of Christ by precisely the same people ; are they also gods ? To found a religion on the fact of death, murder though it were, is hardly more than African fetichism. Does death prove more than life ? Will Mr. Chesterton never be happy until he is hanged ? These then are the rear-guard actions of his retiring and beaten and army. The army itself is pretty well out of sight. There is a puff of artillery from afar to the effect that “ no man can contrive to be agnostic about C…
1905 · PDF PAGE 120
…the angry air ; Wild mzenads with their fiery snakes en- wound In the black waves of my abundant hair. Now hath my life a little respite found In the brief pauses exquisite and rare ; In the strong chain of music I am bound, And all myself before myself lies bare. Drown me, oh, drown me in your fiery stream! Wing me new visions, fierce enchanting birds! Peace is less dear than this delirious fight! For all the glowing fragrance of a dream And all the sudden ecstasy of words Deluge my spirit with a lake of light. VOL, I. IT. The constant ripple …
1929 · PDF PAGE 26
…ial?" Simon Iff's smile showed him that he was on the right track. He took the medium's hands, and inspected them minutely. Of course he found no hairs; he was not looking for them. "Do you know," he said, "I think we ought to file off these nails. There's such a lot of room for hairs and things." The Pasha immediately protested. "I don't think we ought to interfere with a lady's manicuring," he said indignantly. "Surely we can trust our eyes!" Cyril Grey had beaten lynxes in the Open Championship; but he only murmured: "I'm so sorry, Pasha; I …
1929 · PDF PAGE 106
…satisfaction of his vanity, it was innocent in itself — the acquisition of knowledge and power. He was entirely the dupe of Douglas, who found him a useful stalking-horse, for Gates had a considerable reputation in some of the best circles in England. Douglas had chosen him for this business on excellent points of cunning; for he neither hated nor loved his intended victims, and so was likely to interpret their actions without passion or prejudice. It was this interpretation that Douglas most desired. Douglas had seen him personally — rare priv…
1944 · PDF PAGE 30
…rcles.1 This religious assumption caused great trouble to the astronomers. As their measurements became more extended and accurate, they found it in‐ creasingly difficult to reconcile observation with theory, at least to do so without putting themselves to vast inconvenience in their calculations. So they invented “cycles” and “epicy‐ cles” to explain the observed movements. Ultimately Copernicus was goaded by this annoy‐ ance to suggest that it would really be very much more convenient (if only the idea were not so wicked) to imagine that the …
1929 · PDF PAGE 50
…nary butler presented himself, bowing. Simon Iff returned the salute, and walked on, when a second door opened, also spontaneously. Lisa found herself in a small lobby. The man who had opened the inner door was clad from neck to knee in a single black robe, without sleeves. From his belt hung a heavy sword with a cross-hilt. This man held up three fingers. Simon Iff again nodded, and led his guests to the room on the left. Here were the three guests indicated by the gesture of the guard. Lord Antony Bowling was a familiar friend of the old myst…
1929 · PDF PAGE 98
…Suddenly he had become stern and gloomy; and she felt how terrible would be his anger or contempt. The morning broke brilliant; and Lisa found, not for the first time, that the most bracing influence resulted from the routine peculiar to the Profess- houses. To rise before dawn; to make a ceremonial ablution with the intention of so purifying both body and mind that they should be as it were new-born; then the joyous outburst of adoration as the sun rose to sight: this was a true Opening of the Day. Insensibly the years slipped from her; she be…
1905 · PDF PAGE 260
…rit wings, Chains the swift soul; for even Death is bound. In its apparent amplitude I saw, I, who have slept through death, have surely found The old accurséd law, And death has changed to life. alone Shoots to the starry throne : That if man lack not purpose, but succeed, Reaching in very deed Impersonal existence ;—Lo! Man is made one with God, an equal soul. For he shall know The harmony, the oneness of the Whole. This task Vain, The Star of the Unconquered This was my purpose. Ah vain! Will Centred its vehemence and light, to stain In one …
1907 · PDF PAGE 124
…t home ! Shall who sings Art not worship womanhood ? There is depth of calm beneath the sea’s fine foam ; Behind the great there is ever found the good. Honour and glory to the sacred house And ark of the covenant of holy trust, The unseen mother and the secret spouse Ever availing in the sorrow and dust That aye avenge the artist’s victory won, That cover up his monuments of fame, That twist his sight, once steadfast on the sun, To the fear folded in the robes of shame :— Lest he, to all the world plain victor, find Himself mere failure to his…
1907 · PDF PAGE 33
…hain, and I took it and put it round my neck because I was bound to my Fairy Prince, and I would never go about like other people till I found him again. And they took the dagger and dipped it in the cup, and stabbed me all over to show that I was not afraid to be hurt, if only I could find my Fairy Prince. Then I took the crucifix and held it up to make more light in case he was somewhere in the dark comers, but no! Yet I knew he was there somewhere, so I thought he must be in the box, for under the table was a great chest; and I was terribly sa…
1929 · PDF PAGE 327
…acred Magick of Abra-Melin the Mage. It is unlawful to speak of the supreme sacrament. It was such, as the following entry shows, that I found it hard to believe that I had been permitted to partake of it. I will confine myself to the description of some of the ancillary phenomena. Oct. 9 Tested new ritual and behold it was very good! Thanked gods and sacrificed for --- In the "thanksgiving and sacrifices for ... " I did get rid of everything but the Holy Exalted One, and must have held Him for a minute or two. I did. I am sure I did. Such is t…