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… and with every vice, With girls that twisted all his maiden fancies Into a spasm of lust ; with necromancies Wherein he knew the utmost God to be No more than the plain torsion of his trances. Maugre device and stratagem, I see How all his virgin soul revolts from me, Knowing me for the ancient whore that sits Crowned and triumphant through eternity : Nor, though my beauty dazzled all his wits, Could he conceive that frailest fairy flits Across the abyss of mine imagining. So I came back from all my snares and pits, Crowned him with roses, cal…
1910 · PDF PAGE 118
108 CLYTIE I throw myself upon the grass ; I wail, a lone wolf, to the moon ; Huddled and hunched, a moaning massHow near God was those nights of June ! Death ! the mere thought of it ! For nowwhere is the ship ? where is my man ? The blood is bursting from my brow ; my choked shrieks prostitute to Pan ! Great Pan it is that thrusts his sword into my throat and strangles me ! Great Pan that clubs me on the sward with his robust brutality ! Ah no ! ah no ! Let me go blind rather than let that face of fear Swollen, its black indenture signed wi…
1905 · PDF PAGE 271
… :—Oh! the dreadful light that lustred The main event. Ay! the wild whirlings in the woodland reaches ; The ghastly smile upon the Stone God’s ! lip; The rigid tremors, anguish that beseeches From eye to eye fresh fervours of the whip ; The mounded moss below the swaying beeches— Kiss me and clip! Why ! the old madness grows !—how feebly lying Smooth by this bay where waves are tender flowers. Winds, soft as the old kisses were, are sighing. Clouds drift across the sun for silken bowers. The moon is up--an hastening nymph! I, dying, Await the H…
1907 · PDF PAGE 31
WHY JESUS WEPT 25 A turbulent flood Whispers and yells, Alight in my breast. God ! for the spells That unseal men—a rest ! No higher? I have climbed This pinnacled steep. It mocks me, this heaven Of thine, Adonai ! Rather be limed In the dusk, in the deep, Seven times seven Thy hells, O Jehovah ! I tune the great Name To a million vowels :— It escapes me, the flame ! But deep in my bowels Growls the deep lust, The bitter distrust, The icy fear, The cruel thought ! O! Iam here— And here is nought. I must rave on. I hate the sun. Anon! Anon! Let …
1917 · PDF PAGE 3
…ite Beauty. A little further on He speaks of us : “ We are not for the poor and the sad; the lords of the earth are our kinsfolk.” “Ts a God to live in a dog? No! but the highest are of us. They shall rejoice, our chosen: who sorroweth is not of us.” “Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious langour, force and fire, are of us.” Later, concerning death, He says: “Think not, O king, upon that lie: That Thou must Die: verily thou shalt not die, but live. Now let it be understood : if the body of the King dissolve, he shall remain in pur…
1944 · PDF PAGE 123
…cted with the forty‐two Assessors of the Dead, for they are the Accusers, whom the soul must baffle; and with the forty‐two‐fold name of God, for this is the Mystery of Inquity, that there was ever a beginning at all. And this Magus casteth forth, by the might of his four weapons, veil after veil; a thousand shining colours, rip‐ ping and tearing the Aethyr; so that it is like jagged saws, or like broken teeth in the face of a young girl, or like disruption, or madness. There is a horrible grinding sound, maddening. This is the mill in which th…
1906 · PDF PAGE 83
…the secret sea, Both knowing our words were spoken— for an hour. THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY. ‘* Persever in that clear way thou goest, And the gods strengthen thee.” Pericles, LINKED in the tiny shelf upon the ship, My blind eyes burned into her mild ones: limbs Twined to each other while fine dew bedims Their quivering skins: lip fastened unto lip: Whole soul and body frenzied meet and clip; And the breath staggers, and the life- blood swims ! Terrible gods chant black demoniac hymns As the frail cords of honour strain and slip. For in the midst of …
1898 · PDF PAGE 15
…uscoundrel. Out of the way, fool! [Kunocking John over, bursts the door open and enters.| There you are, you snivelling little swine. My God! to think that damned puppy’s my son! Come out of it! VAUGHAN [who has entered and rung the bellfor the servants}. I shall have you locked up for assaulting my servant. BRANDON. And you for abducting my son. He’s coming with me now or, there'll be a fuss.) Mark my words, you rascal. — : [Enter two Footmen. VAUGHAN. Seize that man. [Zhey sezze and hold him after a struggle.| EEsmé! go away to your room; thi…
1899 · PDF PAGE 114
…night is fallen Starless and moonless, black beyond belief, Tremendous, only just the ripple keeps, With music borrowed from the soul of God, Our souls from perishing in the inane. We twain go thither, knowing no desire To lead us, 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 rests at last, And by whose borders…
1899 · PDF PAGE 235
…ng. Loose but your soul—shall its wings find the white way so appalling ? Heaven, as I understand, Nearer than some folk would make it ; God—should you stretch out a hand, Who can be quicker to take it? Then you have pacted an oath—judge you if He will forsake it.
1904 · PDF PAGE 48
…tar, my — Ah ! — I hurt you ! (Aside.) O beast ! What is this doubt ? ANGELA, very close to him. I hear another anthem in those eyes. By God, lad, you are wonderful ! SIR PERCY. What would you say ? ANGELA. What would I not do ? Listen, I am Angela, Lady Baird. I am rich. That wealth now for the first time yields me some pleasure. The moon rises late, after ten o’clock : you shall come with me. We are — neighbours, are we not ? You shall come to my castle, I say ; there I will prepare all for you and your young bride : my chaplain shall marry y…
1910 · PDF PAGE 43
…o the sacred fountains draw Essences of dim being, mated With lofty substance uncreated, Concluding the full period That makes all being God.
1910 · PDF PAGE 395
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT Quod he: “ By Goddes holy spell, So high a venture was not known, Nor so divine a miracle. A certain beast there runs alone, That ever in his belly sounds A hugeous cry, a monster moan, As if a thirty couple hounds Quested within him. Now God saith (I swear it by His holy wounds And by His lamentable death, And by His holy Mother’s face !) That he shall know the Beauteous Breath And taste the Goodly Gift of Grace Who shall achieve this marvel quest.” Then Arthur sterte up from his place, And sterte up boldly al…
1910 · PDF PAGE 483
…tched, Like all the rest, begins to crumble. Where is the Beast? His bliss exceeded All that bards sing of or priests mumble; No man, no God, hath known what he did. Only this baulked him—that he lacked Exactly the one thing he needed. 107
1910 · PDF PAGE 395
SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT Quod he: “ By Goddes holy spell, So high a venture was not known, Nor so divine a miracle. A certain beast there runs alone, That ever in his belly sounds A hugeous cry, a monster moan, As if a thirty couple hounds Quested within him. Now God saith (I swear it by His holy wounds And by His lamentable death, And by His holy Mother’s face !) That he shall know the Beauteous Breath And taste the Goodly Gift of Grace Who shall achieve this marvel quest.” Then Arthur sterte up from his place, And sterte up boldly al…
1910 · PDF PAGE 483
…tched, Like all the rest, begins to crumble. Where is the Beast? His bliss exceeded All that bards sing of or priests mumble; No man, no God, hath known what he did. Only this baulked him—that he lacked Exactly the one thing he needed. 107
1913 · PDF PAGE 129
…spheme not! [Strikes him twice. Lie not! [Strikes him twice. I am he Appointed from eternity To rule upon the folk of Khem. . We are the gods and kings of them. . Upstart ! [Strikes him twice. Usurper ! [Strikes him twice. We defy thee. . We have the power to crucify thee. [N. forces x. back, and they stretch out his arms. . Amen! I am willing to be slain. Verily I shall rise again ! . With four wounds thus I nail thee. [Wounds brow, hands, andfeet with the dagger. . With one wound I impale thee. (Wounds breast with sword. . Hail, sister! We ha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 401
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES A. Yes; according to faith, there is the Providence of God, and the sacrifice of man. Q. What is this sacrifice? A. It is the willing and spontaneous surrender of right. Q.. Is this sacrifice reasonable? A. No; it is a kind of folly greater than reason, for reason is forced to admire it. Q. How does one call a man who acts according to truth, reality, reason and justice? A. A moral man. g. And if he sacrifices his interests to justice? a. A man of honour. g. Andif in order to imitate the grandeur and goodness of Provide…
1913 · PDF PAGE 129
…spheme not! [Strikes him twice. Lie not! [Strikes him twice. I am he Appointed from eternity To rule upon the folk of Khem. . We are the gods and kings of them. . Upstart ! [Strikes him twice. Usurper ! [Strikes him twice. We defy thee. . We have the power to crucify thee. [N. forces x. back, and they stretch out his arms. . Amen! I am willing to be slain. Verily I shall rise again ! . With four wounds thus I nail thee. [Wounds brow, hands, andfeet with the dagger. . With one wound I impale thee. (Wounds breast with sword. . Hail, sister! We ha…
1913 · PDF PAGE 401
THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES A. Yes; according to faith, there is the Providence of God, and the sacrifice of man. Q. What is this sacrifice? A. It is the willing and spontaneous surrender of right. Q.. Is this sacrifice reasonable? A. No; it is a kind of folly greater than reason, for reason is forced to admire it. Q. How does one call a man who acts according to truth, reality, reason and justice? A. A moral man. g. And if he sacrifices his interests to justice? a. A man of honour. g. Andif in order to imitate the grandeur and goodness of Provide…