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1904 · PDF PAGE 48

The Sword of Song

PENTECOST 41 Out of a silver Tube a Dart Shooting God’s Spirit to her heart—61 This beats the orthodox Dove-Suitor ! What explanation could be cuter Than—Gabriel with a pea-shooter ? In such a conflict I stand neuter. But oh ! mistake not gold for pewter ! The plain fact is : materialise What spiritual fact you choose, And all such turn to folly—lose The subtle splendour, and the wise Love and dear bliss of truth. Beware Lest your lewd laughter set a snare For any ! Thus and only thus Will I admit a difference ’Twixt spirit and the things of se…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

…girl, you ought to accept him at once. He will make you an excellent husband—I wish it. [Pom- pously.| It has ever been the desire of my heart to see my Phemie happily mated beforeI lay my old bones in the grave. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t love him. He’s a quirk. ossory. Tut! Nonsense! Appetite comes with eating. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t care for hors d’euure. ossory. Euphemia, this is a very serious matter for your poor old father. EUPHEMIA. What have you got to do with it? Really, father. ossory. I have everything to do with it. The fact is, my child…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 246

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

…girl, you ought to accept him at once. He will make you an excellent husband—I wish it. [Pom- pously.| It has ever been the desire of my heart to see my Phemie happily mated beforeI lay my old bones in the grave. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t love him. He’s a quirk. ossory. Tut! Nonsense! Appetite comes with eating. EUPHEMIA. But I don’t care for hors d’euure. ossory. Euphemia, this is a very serious matter for your poor old father. EUPHEMIA. What have you got to do with it? Really, father. ossory. I have everything to do with it. The fact is, my child…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 17

The World’s Tragedy

…on (about 45 Min). Morning “ Meeting ” (I ½ to 2 hrs.). Open-air preaching on Parker’s Piece (say I hour). Bible reading and learning by heart. Reading of the few books “ sanctioned for Sunday ” (say 2 hours). Prayer-meeting (called voluntary, but to stay away meant that some sneak in the school would accuse you of something next day), (say I hour). Evening prayer and Sermon (say 30 Minutes). Preaching of the Gospel in the meeting-room (I ½ hours), Ditto on Parker’s Piece (say I hour). Prayer before retiring (say ½ hour).

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1912 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…o the analyst. When a man has detected a thousandth of a grain of atropine in the carcass of a barmaid, he does not hesitate to read the heart of a girl. And as a Government expert he was clothed with official infallibility—a triple buckler. He went on casually talking to the Colonel for a few minutes before politeness allowed him to throw himself into a moving taxicab and roar his address at the astonished driver. It was the first time he had come home to an empty house since he had picked up Muriel on an omnibus and carried her off to a discree…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 136

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…o the analyst. When a man has detected a thousandth of a grain of atropine in the carcass of a barmaid, he does not hesitate to read the heart of a girl. And as a Government expert he was clothed with official infallibility—a triple buckler. He went on casually talking to the Colonel for a few minutes before politeness allowed him to throw himself into a moving taxicab and roar his address at the astonished driver. It was the first time he had come home to an empty house since he had picked up Muriel on an omnibus and carried her off to a discree…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…CXIII to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah. Lrper LXVI.—Liber Stelle Rubea. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use 44

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1913 · PDF PAGE 84

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…CXIII to the Philosophus, as it is the foundation of the highest practical Qabalah. Lrper LXVI.—Liber Stelle Rubea. A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use 44

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1919 · PDF PAGE 78

The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

…. 15. The river also became the river of Amrit, and the little boat was the chariot of the flesh, and the sails thereof the blood of the heart that beareth me, that beareth me. 16. O serpent woman of the stars! I, even I, have fash- ioned Thee from a pale image of fine gold. 17. Also the Holy One came upon me, and I beheld a white swan floating in the blue. 18. Between its wings I sate, and the zons fled away. 19. Then the swan flew and dived and soared, yet no whither we went. 20. A little crazy boy that rode with me spake unto the swan, and s…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 28

The Sword of Song

…l element ? I deny nothing—at the term It is just Nothing I affirm. The fool (with whom is wisdom, deem The Scriptures—rightly !) in his heart Saith (silent, to himself, apart) This secret : “\yhla }ya”79 See the good Psalm ! And thus, my friend ! My diatribes approach the end And find us hardly quarelling. And yet—you seem not satisfied ? The literal mistranslated thing Must not by sinners be denied. Go to your Chapel then to pray ! (I promise Mr. Chesterton80 Before the Muse and I have done A grand ap-pre-ci-a-ti-on Of Brixton on Ascension Da…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 52

Diary of a Drug Fiend

… adore Thee, Evoe! I adore Thee, I A O!” We soared towards the dawn. I went straight to over three thousand. I could hear the beat of my heart. It was one with the beat of the engine. I took the pure unsullied air into my lungs. It was an octave to cocaine; the same invigorating spiritual force expressed in other terms. , The magnificently melodious words of Sieveking sprang into my mind. I repeated them rapturously. It is the beat of the British engine. : “Deep lungfuls! Deep mouthfuls! Deep, deep mental mouthfuls ! ” The wind of our speed abo…

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1922 · PDF PAGE 288

Diary of a Drug Fiend

…rics: ‘‘ With muted strings.” “Calm in the twilight of the lofty boughs Pierce we our love with silence as we drowse; Melt we our souls, hearts, senses in this shrine, Vague languor of arbutus and of pine!” “ Half-close your eyes, your arms upon your breast ; Banish for ever every interest ! The cradling breeze shall woo us, soft and sweet, Ruffling the waves of velvet at your feet.” “When solemn night of swart oaks shall prevail Voice our despair, musical nightingale ! ”’ The exquisite images, so subtle and yet so concrete, filled my mind with…

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1904 · PDF PAGE 87

The Sword of Song

… a crown every day. The second a p hallus. The third a silver vase of blood. The fourth a roy al sceptre. The fifth a sword. The sixth a heart. The seventh a garland of flowers. The eighth a grass-snake. The ninth a sickle. And the tenth week did he daily offer up his own body . Said the goat: “Though I be not an ox, yet am I a sword.” “ Masked, O God !” cried the Adept. “ Verily, an thou hadst not sacrificed—” There was silence. And under the Goat’s throne was a rainbow 2 of seven colours: our Father fitted himself as an arrow to the string (a…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 19

Rodin in Rime

…e utterly false, utterly funny story about me that I wrote one sonnet for “L’Ange déechu” and another for ‘‘ Fille d’'Icare.” _ The real heart of the attack is, of course, against Rodin’s intention, and it is my object to show what rubbish it is, even granting the literary basis of criticism to be valid: I am given to understand that something of the sort described above does sometimes take place in the naming of a statue (of the allegorical description especially). But that is a question of felicity, of epigram; never of subject. | 5

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1911 · PDF PAGE 28

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…ul, or weary, or angry, or dis— comforted; then ye may know that ye have lost the golden thread, the thread wherewith I guide you to the heart of the groves of Eleusis. zo

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1911 · PDF PAGE 130

The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

…sharp upper cut to the Englishman’s lip. She dug her nails into Rolles’ hand, that lay idly on her knee. Sam Hall returned a blow on the heart that sent the negro staggering across the ring. He was after him like a flash, thinking to finish the fight; but the black countered unexpectedly hard, and the round finished in a clinch. In the seventh round both men seemed cautious and afraid of punishment. Joe Marie, in particular, seemed half asleep. The lazy grace of his feints was admirable; he was tiring the Englishman, and paying nothing for the adva…

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1911 · PDF PAGE 28

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…ul, or weary, or angry, or dis— comforted; then ye may know that ye have lost the golden thread, the thread wherewith I guide you to the heart of the groves of Eleusis. zo

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1911 · PDF PAGE 130

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

…sharp upper cut to the Englishman’s lip. She dug her nails into Rolles’ hand, that lay idly on her knee. Sam Hall returned a blow on the heart that sent the negro staggering across the ring. He was after him like a flash, thinking to finish the fight; but the black countered unexpectedly hard, and the round finished in a clinch. In the seventh round both men seemed cautious and afraid of punishment. Joe Marie, in particular, seemed half asleep. The lazy grace of his feints was admirable; he was tiring the Englishman, and paying nothing for the adva…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 112

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…. She wants to coddle me all the time. Dr. F. You're a No. I size pet. W. S. Rather; I'm the strongest man in college. If this silly old heart hadn't started to play the goat. [DR. BOB's bel! rings. SERVANT enters, Show: VVILL STANLEY into 7784017112!!!/?שחתcloses doors, mini/71s, ”πᾶς“: aut,] 70

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1912 · PDF PAGE 112

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…. She wants to coddle me all the time. Dr. F. You're a No. I size pet. W. S. Rather; I'm the strongest man in college. If this silly old heart hadn't started to play the goat. [DR. BOB's bel! rings. SERVANT enters, Show: VVILL STANLEY into 7784017112!!!/?שחתcloses doors, mini/71s, ”πᾶς“: aut,] 70

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