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…rang—and found the last rose gone. ) So in the fiery ring of wedlock, blind, Mad, one may leap, no rose perhaps to find (Or, if no rose, good fortune finds no thorn), But—mark the difference—palpable and plain : Kose or no rose, one leaps not out again. SONNET FOR GERALD KELLY'’S DRAWING OF JEZEBEL. irr up thine head, disastrous Jezebel ! Fire and black stars are melted in thine hair That curls to Hell, as in Satanic prayer; Thy mouth is heavy with its riper smell Than clustered pomegranates beside a well ; The cruel savour of thy lust lies the…
1905 · PDF PAGE 192
…inite passion beats the blood, And bursting chants of amorous agony flung To the void Hell, are lost, not nnderstood, Unheard by evil or good. Their sighs attract the unsubstantial shapes Of other women, and their kisses burn Cold on the lips whose purple blood escapes, A thin chill stream; they feel not nor discern, Nor love’s low laugh return. They kiss the spiritual dead, they pass Like mists uprisen from the frosty moon, Like shadows fliceting in a seer’s glass, Beckoning, yearning, amorous of the noon When earth dreams on in swoon. They ar…
1929 · PDF PAGE 39
…ation. And it was found that by supposing an extension of the universe (thin but uniform) in a fourth dimension, that the law would hold good. "I know it's hard to grasp the idea; let me put it to you this way. Take this cube. Here is a point, a corner, where the three bounding lines join. The point is nothing, yet it is part of the lines. To imagine it at all as a reality, we must say that it has a minute extension in these lines. "Now take a line. It has a similar minute uniform extension in the two surfaces which it bounds. Take the surface;…
1904 · PDF PAGE 34
…eth in the Form of a Great Sea-Monster. He teacheth, and maketh men wonderfully knowing in the Art of Rhetoric. He causeth men to have a Good Name, and to have the knowledge and under- standing of Tongues. He maketh one to be beloved of his Foes as well as of his Friends. He governeth 29 Legions of Spirits, partly of the Order of Thrones, and partly of that of Angels. His Seal is this, which wear thou, etc. (31.) Foras.—The Thirty-first Spirit is Foras. He is a Mighty Pre- sident, and appeareth in the Form of a Strong Man in Human Shape. He can…
1910 · PDF PAGE 358
…are but different manifestations of the one will to live” (p. 177). “The tormentor and the tormented are one.” . . . “ Therefore what is good for one person may be just the opposite for another . . . all suffering is nothing but unfulfilled or crossed willing” (pp. 178-182). “When a man has so far got rid of this veil that it no longer causes an egoistical distinction between his own person and that of another, he will recognize his innermost and true self in all beings, regard their endless suffering 340
1910 · PDF PAGE 358
…are but different manifestations of the one will to live” (p. 177). “The tormentor and the tormented are one.” . . . “ Therefore what is good for one person may be just the opposite for another . . . all suffering is nothing but unfulfilled or crossed willing” (pp. 178-182). “When a man has so far got rid of this veil that it no longer causes an egoistical distinction between his own person and that of another, he will recognize his innermost and true self in all beings, regard their endless suffering 340
1929 · PDF PAGE 25
…he dangerous, delicate part of the trick; then she calls our attention, says we must watch her very carefully to see that the control is good and no cheating possible, because she feels the force coming very strong. Everybody disguises himself as a cat at a mousehole — which you can keep up, after long training, for about three minutes; then the attention slackens slightly again, and she pulls off the dear old miracle. Listen!" Simon Iff was engaged in a violent controversy with the Pasha as to the disposition of the six legs at their end of th…
1929 · PDF PAGE 73
…but one order of Nature!" "In any case," continued Iff, "this theory of Cyril's wipes the slate clean of every metaphysical speculation. Good and evil vanish instantly, with Realism and Nominalism, and Free will and [105] Determinism — and all the 'isms' and all the 'ologies'! Life is reduced to mathematical formulae, indeed, as the Victorian scientists rightly wished to do; but at the same time mathematics is restored to her royal pre-eminence as not only the most exact, but the most exalted of the sciences. The intelligible order of things, m…
1906 · PDF PAGE 273
…ly your idiom, I found it, on the contrary, invigora- ting. What is it the Psalmist says? That the conversation of the wise is like unto good wine, which intoxicates with delight, while it hurts not the drinker? The balm of your illustrious words, borne like spice upon the zephyr | Scept. Shall we not rather renew our in- quiries into the nature of things, than, in unfertile compliment, waste the few hours we snatch awhile from death? Myst. Willingly. But lately you were the ‘‘sahib”’ asking questions concerning Indian Philosophy as a great pri…
1907 · PDF PAGE 77
…n, DENYS sees him. DENYS. O thank God! Here's another poor devil, a gentleman by his clothes, and a thief by his manner, and I daresay a good fellow. [Goes to FLORIMOND and slaps him on the back.] Sir, do you know this cursed Paris? My inn, which I have lost, is the Sign of the Green Grass—I should say the Field o’ Spring--and ’tis hard by the Church of St. Anselm, that is hard by,the river, and the hardest of all is that neither church, inn, nor river can I find this devil ofa night. [Catches FLORIMOND and shakes him by the shoulder. FLORIMOND…
1929 · PDF PAGE 113
… woman's; and he had lived on women long enough to make his view arguable, within the limits of his experience. He bade Abdul try again. Good — then let magic aid! In order to possess "The Wonder-working Serpent," it is necessary, in the words of the Grimoire, "to buy an egg without haggling," which (by the way) indicates the class of person for and by whom the book was written. This egg is to be buried in a cemetery at midnight, and every morning at sunrise it must be watered with brandy. On the ninth day a spirit appears, and demands your pur…
1905 · PDF PAGE 130
…ld our rudder, all alone, and stood Fierce and triumphant in the rising gale, Bent to my sword, and kissed the stinging blood, While the good ship leapt free upon the deep, And felt the feet of the resistless flood Run, and the fervour of the billows sweep Under our keel—and we were clean away, Laughing to see the foamheads sough and sleep, As we kept pace with ocean all the day And one long night of toil ; until the sun Lit on these cliffs his morning beams that play With our sails rent and rifted white, and run Like summer lightning all about…
1905 · PDF PAGE 76
…war we faint. Pity, Lord of Hosts, our fear ! Hear, Most Tligh, oh, hear! Enter Messenger. MESSENGER. My lords, take heed now, prayer is good to save While yet the foemen are far off; but now They howl and clamour at our very gates. ELEAZAR. Blaspheme not God, but tell thy woeful news. CHorus, I fear me for the sorrow that he speaks. MESSENGER. The tribe of Ephraim went forth to fight Armed, and with bows, and turned them back to-day. For in the South a cloud of many men, And desert horsemen fiery as the sun, Swarmed on the plains, a crescent f…
1907 · PDF PAGE 125
…of us? Were not a cemetery His citadel? His treasure-house some barred sarcophagus? And here his mighty and reverend high-priest Bade me good cheer, an eager acolyte, Poured the high wine, unveiled the mystic feast ;— Swooped the plumed anguish of inveterate night ; Devouring torture of insight shot. Night hovered; Dawn smote. I bowed—O God declared, discovered ! SYRINX AND PAN. SYRINX is caught upon the Arcadian field. The god’s grip huddles her girl breasts: his grim And gnarléd lips grin forth the soul of him. The imprint of his bestial hear…
1906 · PDF PAGE 20
…y to mock his faded crown of power, And with our laughter’s nails refix his torn flesh faster to the wood, And with more cruel zest make good the shackles of the Crucifix. So be it! In thy arms I rest, lulled into silence by the strain Of sweet love-whispers, while I drain damna- tion from thy tawny breast: Nor heed the haggard sun’s eclipse, feeling thy perfume fill my hair, And all thy dark caresses wear sin’s raiment on thy melting lips— Nay, by the witchcraft of thy charms to sleep, nor dream that God survive ; To wake, this only to contriv…
1907 · PDF PAGE 55
… were easier than to show That Lady Baird avoided woe; And Lord Glenstrae, that worthy peer, Saved whisky by supplying beer. For what is good, and makes for peace, What evil, wisdom must increase Well near omniscience before One guesses what it all is for. Still, since de eustibus non est— (My schoolboy readers know the rest !) I much prefer—that is, mere I— Solitude to Society. And that is why I sit and spoil So much clean paper with such toil By Kandy Lake in far Ceylon. I have my old pyjamas on :
1907 · PDF PAGE 99
… count love dis- grace ? Where is the profit in so idle a strife? The love of knowledge is the hate of life. DIOGENES. ‘* ALL things are good” exclaimed the boy. Who taste the sweetmeat find it cloy. ‘* All things are ill’ the dotard sang. Who stir the serpent feel the fang. ‘* Allis a dream!” the wise man spake. Who grasp the bubble find it break. Aye, to all three the saga saith : There is no joy in life but death. There is this limit set to lust : Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. O fools and blind that sickly strive To amass, to glut yourselves…
1913 · PDF PAGE 277
…eister Crow- dey), VIL, 131 Herb Dangerous, The, I, 233; II, 31; HII, 555 IV, 241 Hermit, The (A/eister Crowley), 1, 137 High History of Good Sir Palamedes, The (Aleister Crowley), IV, Special Supple- ment His Secret Sin (Aleister Crowley), VIII, 49 Horseleech, The Daughter of the (Aleister Crowley), IV, 201 How I Became a Famous Mountaineer (Aleister Crowley), 1X, 275 Hunchback, The Soldier and the (Aleister Crowley), 1, 113 Ida Pendragon, The Ordeal of (Aleister Crowley), VI, 113 Illusion @Amoureux (Aleister Crowley), U1, 187 Independence (Al…
1913 · PDF PAGE 277
…eister Crow- dey), VIL, 131 Herb Dangerous, The, I, 233; II, 31; HII, 555 IV, 241 Hermit, The (A/eister Crowley), 1, 137 High History of Good Sir Palamedes, The (Aleister Crowley), IV, Special Supple- ment His Secret Sin (Aleister Crowley), VIII, 49 Horseleech, The Daughter of the (Aleister Crowley), IV, 201 How I Became a Famous Mountaineer (Aleister Crowley), 1X, 275 Hunchback, The Soldier and the (Aleister Crowley), 1, 113 Ida Pendragon, The Ordeal of (Aleister Crowley), VI, 113 Illusion @Amoureux (Aleister Crowley), U1, 187 Independence (Al…
1910 · PDF PAGE 356
…e cares, or should care, for her soldiers; and when the time was expired, she should pension them off, and award them a long service and good-conduct medal should they deserve it. This is a clean-minded book so far as it goes. We have no humbugging Horton, D.D., swooning at the thought of lace, frills, and a pretty ankle. But the remedies suggested are worse than the disease. Exalt the courtesan to her proper place, bracket her name with sweetheart, wife and mother, names which are rightly dear to us, and you will find a tender heart beneath th…