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AMONGST THE MERMAIDS But if ever I see that great white seal, whose track is like the wash of an ocean steamer, I am not quite sure but that I might raise a gun myself. I think it would be rather good fun to have a shot at Pharaoh, for I never liked the man much. Norman Rog. 349
AMONGST THE MERMAIDS But if ever I see that great white seal, whose track is like the wash of an ocean steamer, I am not quite sure but that I might raise a gun myself. I think it would be rather good fun to have a shot at Pharaoh, for I never liked the man much. Norman Rog. 349
Prologue OTHER and maiden ! on the natal night Embowered in bliss of roses red and white, Westward three Magi move to minister To Him with gold and frankincense and myrrh. Those Pagans gazing on the Heavenly Host Were blest of FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST ; And me, though I be as an heathen Mage, Thou wilt accept in this my pious page. M
…s in gold, or a sunblaze, or other suitable emblem. On each side of it should be a pillar or Obelisk, with coun- tercharges in black and white. Below it should be the dais of three steps, in black and white squares. Above it is the super-altar, at whose top is the Stélé of Revealing in reproduction, with four candles on each side of it. Below the stélé is a place for the Book of the Law, with six candles on each side of it. Below this again is The Holy Graal, with roses on each side of it. There is room in front of the Cup for the Paten. On eac…
THE WHITE WIND. 7I On rugs of fur and silk Broidered with curious device Of basilisk and cockatrice Upon the broad-woven scarlet marge. — God ! how this bosom boils with milk, Its veined radiance swelling — Ah ! the light grows — Back, from these splendid woes And joys obscure Into the squalid and impure House, and the filth indwelling ! She crawls within the hovel.
…o hide in light The sorrow of the day that was the night. So I rode slowly in the morning gray, And all the meadows with the frost -were white. And lo! between the mountains there uprose The winter sun; and all the forest glows, And the frost burns like fire before my eyes, While the white breeze awoke with slumberous sighs And stirred the branches of the pine ; it knows, It surely knows how weary are the wise. Even my horse my sorrow understands, Would turn and bear me to those western lands; In love would turn me back ; in love would bring My…
…o hide in light The sorrow of the day that was the night. So I rode slowly in the morning gray, And all the meadows with the frost -were white. And lo! between the mountains there uprose The winter sun; and all the forest glows, And the frost burns like fire before my eyes, While the white breeze awoke with slumberous sighs And stirred the branches of the pine ; it knows, It surely knows how weary are the wise. Even my horse my sorrow understands, Would turn and bear me to those western lands; In love would turn me back ; in love would bring My…
… does not move.] JOHN. The token is wrong. Ye may not pass. CHINESE. Thou must, alas! [The CHINESE strips JOHN of hts robes, all but the white under- robe, and binds him to the column. He scourges him to the music of yuLia until the white robe ts ved with blood. CHINESE. Give me the secret of the shrine! JOHN. It is not mine. [The aras impales Joun by hands andfeet with his three nails. ARAB. Give me the secret of the shrine ! JOHN. It is not mine. [The zuv drives his spear into the body of Joun. zuLu. Give me the secret of the shrine. JOHN. It…
… does not move.] JOHN. The token is wrong. Ye may not pass. CHINESE. Thou must, alas! [The CHINESE strips JOHN of hts robes, all but the white under- robe, and binds him to the column. He scourges him to the music of yuLia until the white robe ts ved with blood. CHINESE. Give me the secret of the shrine! JOHN. It is not mine. [The aras impales Joun by hands andfeet with his three nails. ARAB. Give me the secret of the shrine ! JOHN. It is not mine. [The zuv drives his spear into the body of Joun. zuLu. Give me the secret of the shrine. JOHN. It…
… like the vision called the Universal Peacock, or, rather, like a representation of that vision. And now there are count‐ less clouds of white angels filling the Aire as the peacock dissolves. “Now behind the angels are archangels with trumpets. These cause all things to appear at once, so that there is a tremendous con‐ fusion of images. And now I perceive that all these things are but veils of the wheel, for they all gather themselves into a wheel that spins with incredible velocity. It hath many colours, but all are thrilled with white light…
THE DOGE has white hair, and seventy years of age. MORTADELLO has hair dyed dark auburn, and forty years of age. He is stout, tall and pompous. ALESSANDRO has rough hair of fiery red, and thirty years of age. LORENZO has scanty ashen hair, and twenty-eight years of age. GABRIELE is a hunchbacked dwarf, very strongly built, with a large and intellectual head. He is bald, and has fifty years of age. ORLANDO is of gigantic stature, a full negro. He has forty years of age. THE LEGATE is an old and venerable man of ascetic and noble type. MAGDALENA …
…guess Whose pretty face beneath it lay ? Yes! Who but yourself could adorn that dress, Though it be dainty—(are you a fay, Or a pink-and-white Dresden Shepherdess ? ) Dominoes must not say love nay. Surely my skill can deserve no less Than—so you smile—I am sure I may— Yes? 87
… Dadouchos,—The station of the Dadouchos is towards the midst of the Southern part of the Hall, and to the South-West of the Diacram 10, White Pillar. He has the charge of the lights, the fire, and the incense ‘The Cup of the of the Temple. His ensign is the Svastika.§ Stolistes, “ Goddess of the Scale of the Balance at the White Pillar” is the name of the Dadouchos, and she is Thoum-aesh-neith, or Perfection through Fire manifesting upon the Earth. Thmaist of dual form as{ THE GRADE OF NEOPHYTE THE OPENING The Officers and members being assemb…
… Dadouchos,—The station of the Dadouchos is towards the midst of the Southern part of the Hall, and to the South-West of the Diacram 10, White Pillar. He has the charge of the lights, the fire, and the incense ‘The Cup of the of the Temple. His ensign is the Svastika.§ Stolistes, “ Goddess of the Scale of the Balance at the White Pillar” is the name of the Dadouchos, and she is Thoum-aesh-neith, or Perfection through Fire manifesting upon the Earth. Thmaist of dual form as{ THE GRADE OF NEOPHYTE THE OPENING The Officers and members being assemb…
…icy light ; The altar was of gold, and on it burnt Some ancient perfume. Then I saw myself And her together, as a priest, whose robe Was white and frail, and covered with a cope Of scarlet bound with gold. And on the head A golden crown, wherein a diamond shone, And in the diamond we beheld our self The higher priest, not clothed, but clothed upon With the white brilliance of high nakedness As with a garment. And of our self there came A voice: “Ye have attained to That which Is; Kiss, and the vision is fulfilled.” And so H 97
…ctrines confirm this. Better still, we havé in our ‘own Holy Books the fllowing passage: ‘Alwo the Holy One came upon me, and I beheld 2 white swan floating io the blue. Between its wings I ste, ad the aeons fed away. ‘Then the swan flew and dived and soared, yet no whither ‘A litle crazy boy that rode with me spake unto the swan and Who art thou that dos fost and fly and dive and soar jn the inane? Behol, these many cons have. paed; whence camest thou? Whither wilt thew go? ‘And laughing 1 chid him, ming: No' whence! No whither ‘The swan being…
…-day and to-morrow ; the winter, the spring; He bringeth us joy out of sorrow ; Jehovah is King. [Exeunt. Jephthah ts left standing with white set face. Presently tears come into his eves, and he advances, and kneels at the altar. THE END.
…-day and to-morrow ; the winter, the spring; He bringeth us joy out of sorrow ; Jehovah is King. [Exeunt. Jephthah ts left standing with white set face. Presently tears come into his eves, and he advances, and kneels at the altar. THE END.
… on the day’s grave, “ To love, and to forget ; ” And sea-winds whisper o’er the wave The name of Margaret. A heart of gold, a flower of white, A blushing flame of snow, She moves like latticed moons of light— And O ! her voice is low, Shell-murmurs borne to Amphitrite, Exulting as they go. 14
…pass that thereby she sickened and corrupted before me. Almost I cast myself into the stream. 13. Then at the end appointed her body was whiter than the milk of the stars, and her lips red and warm as the sunset, and her life of a white heat like the heat of the midmost sun. 14. Then rose she up from abyss of Ages of Sleep, and her body embraced me. Altogether I melted in her beauty and was glad. 15. The river also became the river of Amrit, and the little boat was the chariot of the fles,h, and the sails thereof the blood of the heart that bea…