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1907 · PDF PAGE 51

Rodin in Rime

…t is cloud control The mystery that is emptiness of air Purpose and power. What blossom do they bear? Stability and strength inform—what soul? Turn to me, love! the banks of air are soft. We are so safe; so happy we: Turn to me, love! the skies are blue, Our love can never falter; fate can never close Fleeced with the clouds that hang aloft, Hard on the flower of land and sea. Buds that may blossom into dew. Lift, O rose petals of my rose, Toward me, rest, dream on, we are here, we love. Turn to me, love! lie close and breathe There 18 no shado…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 47

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…hy and labour in its fields. “So far then about the Therapeuts, who are devoted to the contemplation of nature and live in it and in the soul alone, citizens of heaven and the world, legitimately recommended to the Father and Creator of the Universe by their virtue, which procures them His love, virtue that sets before it for its prize the most suitable reward of nobility and goodness, outstripping every gift of fortune, and the first comer in the race to the very goal of blessedness.” The striking identity of this with the account of the ritua…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…ry abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their right, and they have …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 47

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…hy and labour in its fields. “So far then about the Therapeuts, who are devoted to the contemplation of nature and live in it and in the soul alone, citizens of heaven and the world, legitimately recommended to the Father and Creator of the Universe by their virtue, which procures them His love, virtue that sets before it for its prize the most suitable reward of nobility and goodness, outstripping every gift of fortune, and the first comer in the race to the very goal of blessedness.” The striking identity of this with the account of the ritua…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 362

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…ry abyss! Intelligence, O Thou, whom we poor sinners have loved to madness, to scandal, to reprobation! Divine right of man, essence and soul of liberty, hail unto thee! For they have pursued thee, in trampling beneath their feet for thee the dearest dreams of their imagination, the best beloved phantoms of their heart ! For thee, they have been repulsed and proscribed, for thee they have suffered prison, nakedness, hunger, thirst, the desertion of those whom they loved, and the dark temptations of despair! Thou wast their right, and they have …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 103

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… top Of yonder menacing hill. The night is fallen Starless and moonless, black beyond belief, Tremendous, only just the ripple keeps Our souls from perishing in the inane, With music borrowed from the soul of God. We twain go thither, knowing no desire To lead us 3 but some strong necessity Urges, as lightning thunder, our slow steps Upward. For on the pleasant meadow-land That slopes to sunny bays, and limpid seas (That breathe like maidens-sleeping, for their breast Is silver with the sand that lies below,) Where our storm-strengthened dragon…

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1899 · PDF PAGE 137

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

…riend. Take care of Esmé for me. I hall watch over her myself, I an God together. is so frail and white, and she ¢< understands. sees my soul, and Heaven is, always open to her eyes when she looks up, and she is so beautiful. Will it seem long, Esmé, till we kiss again beyond the moon there—it is the moon, isn’t it, come to see that Esme¢ is not too sad about my dying? Be kind to her ‘always, moon, when I am gone beyond you! You must finish my poem, Esmé; there is only a little todo. Kiss me the last time! Good-bye, my dear friends, I wish I co…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 208

Collected Works (Vol. III)

202 ORPHEUS Alas ! my soul is filled with fear, Is the hard conquest here? Where is Eurydice? The god hath faded Back to invisible abodes And on these rocky roads Comes no deep perfume of her hair light- braided. Alas! I listen ! and no breath Assures the walls of death That life remembers, that their hate is quelled. My ears, my scent avail. me nought; My slavish eyes are bought By the command wherewith I am compelled, Alas ! my heart sinks momently. Fear steals and misery. From faith in faith of Hell my thoughts dis- sever. Yet, O my heart! a…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 306

The Star in the West

…h ! O in the silence, in the dark , In the intangible , unperfumed , Ingust abyss, abide and mark The mind's magnificence assumed In the soul's splendour ! Here is peace ; Here earneșt of assured release . Here is the formless all pervading Spirit of the World , rising , fading Into a glory subtler still . Here the intense abode of Will Closes its gates , and in the hall Is solemn sleep of festival . Peace ! Peace ! Silence of peace ! O visionless abode ! Cease ! Cease ! Through the dark veil pass on ! The veil Is rent asunder , the stars pale …

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1910 · PDF PAGE 31

The World’s Tragedy

XXVI PREFACE. mental and strong. The whole soul storms the height of heaven, exults, laughs, enjoys, falls exhausted. The thing is clean. It is the lady novelist that drags her snail-track across the desert of bad literature. Nothing so excites my loathing as to see these ghouls licking their chops over the adven- tures of some dirty slut of a Princess. They scent indecency in passion beyond the marriage-tie : they will not even allow a man to be in love with his own wife. Why shouldn’t he be ? He is now and then. I happen to know it. The long …

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1912 · PDF PAGE 19

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and virtue. “ These are the wishes of a father and a brother conjoined, Of you the greatest hopes are raised; let not our ex— pectations be deceived. You are the son of a M. who glories xm

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1912 · PDF PAGE 19

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…sentimEnts; may you be penetrated witha religious abhorrence of every vice that degrades human nature; and may you feel the elevation of soul which scorns a dishonour— able action, and ever invites to the practice of piety and virtue. “ These are the wishes of a father and a brother conjoined, Of you the greatest hopes are raised; let not our ex— pectations be deceived. You are the son of a M. who glories xm

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1913 · PDF PAGE 425

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…iously, the admixture of the pheno- mena of sleep with those of waking. Our plastic medium breathes in and out the astral light or vital soul of the earth, as our body breathes in and out the terrestrial atmosphere. Now, just as in certain places the air is impure and not fit for breathing, in the same way, certain unusual circumstances may make the astral light unwholesome, and not assimilable. The air of some places may be too bracing for some people, and suit others perfectly; it is exactly the same with the magnetic light. The plastic mediu…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 613

The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

…— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soul—The Silence of Columbine—The Archzo- logis: —The Ladder — Belladonna — The Poet at Bay— Ut— Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn—Prologue to Rodin in Rime--The Camp Fire—Ave Adonai—The Wild Ass—The Opium-Smoker—In Manu Domine. Mr. Todd: a Morality. Transcations: L’Amour et le Crane—L’Alchimie de Douleur— Le Vampire—Le …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 425

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…iously, the admixture of the pheno- mena of sleep with those of waking. Our plastic medium breathes in and out the astral light or vital soul of the earth, as our body breathes in and out the terrestrial atmosphere. Now, just as in certain places the air is impure and not fit for breathing, in the same way, certain unusual circumstances may make the astral light unwholesome, and not assimilable. The air of some places may be too bracing for some people, and suit others perfectly; it is exactly the same with the magnetic light. The plastic mediu…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 613

The Equinox (Volume I, Number X)

…— The Mantra-Yogi— The Poet and his Muse — Lilith — Sport and Marriage—The Twins—The Convert—The Sorceress—The Child— Clytie—A Slim Gilt Soul—The Silence of Columbine—The Archzo- logis: —The Ladder — Belladonna — The Poet at Bay— Ut— Rosa Decidua—The Circle and the Point—In Memoriam—Ad Fidelem Infidelem—The Sphinx—The Jew of Fez—The Pentagram—Song— An Hymn—Prologue to Rodin in Rime--The Camp Fire—Ave Adonai—The Wild Ass—The Opium-Smoker—In Manu Domine. Mr. Todd: a Morality. Transcations: L’Amour et le Crane—L’Alchimie de Douleur— Le Vampire—Le …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 195

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… as no woman can. 1 love her—yes; and I have no escape. So steals I never spoke, I never looked! But she Saw through the curtains of the soul of me, And loved me also! It is very well. Tam well started on the road to Hell. Loved, and no sin done! Ay, the world shall] see The quest is first—a love less terrible. Yet, as I ride toward the edge of snow That cuts the blue, I think. Jor even so Comes reason to me: ‘‘ Oh, return, return! What folly is it for two souls to burn With hell’s own fire! What is this quest of woe? What is the end? Consider …

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1905 · PDF PAGE 259

Collected Works (Vol. I)

… 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. T rose wiuun 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 splendid mouth Flashed the Eternal Sword ! 1 Lo! Lying at his feet as dead, I saw The leaping-forth…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 35

Clouds Without Water

…larity of Sunday. As to dictate such verse while you are crying? And yet I grumble ! avy other day Let me too weep, weep on! weep out my soul, I might receive a message from my Lola : Weep till the world of sense was wept away ” The siege is raised. Meet me as usual!’ Nay! And, dead, I reached you at the glimmering goal For me the sofa and Verlaine or Zola, Whither you had outrun me! Weep, I say, ; ; ws Teep! It is better. Th r hrism — Till Christ’s affair is over, and the town Weep! It is better. Thus one earns a chrism . . Who ever gained one…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 40

Book 4 (Part II)

… and it may further be used as an instrument of cor- rection, to castigate rebellious volitions. It is applied to the Nephesh the Animal Soul, the natural desires.

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