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1913 · PDF PAGE 86

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…ever have held — where that deadly sea may lie; But each day the sad wind sighs on ships , with men and merchandise on , Fading from the far horizon , drifting , drifting down to die . Ever drifting , fleeter , faster – drifting to untold disaster Bearing man and mate and master to irrevocable doom ; Far beyond the farthest traces left of men , to haunted places Helpless in the cold embraces of the drift - weed 's trailing bloom . Far from where the dark Atlantic Alings her rollers , corybantic , Breaking in on some romantic , reef - ringed , r…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 104

Oracles

…within the forest’s virgin womb Tranced in the sweetness, nuptial, indolent, Of the faint breeze and tropical perfume, And all the music far lone waters lent Unto the masses of magnolia bloom, Tall scarlet lilies, and the golden scent Shed by strange clusters of more pallid flowers, And purple lustre strewn amid the twilight bowers. Far, far the pastureless, the unquiet sea Moaned ; far the stately pyramid of cold Shrouding the stars, arose : sweet witchery That brought them in the drowsing eye, to fold The picture in : with wingèd imagery That…

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1906 · PDF PAGE 54

Gargoyles

…die. So dream, possessing all; so dream, Possessing nothing: I esteem These twain as one, since dreams they are. Thus mayst thou journey far and far And far! to climes unguessed, to seas Proud with seignorial argosies, 48

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1898 · PDF PAGE 14

Songs of the Spirit

So brake the soul, as newly re-arisen Beyond the years. Far above Space and Time, that earth environ With bands and bars we strive against in vain, Far o’er the world, and all its triple iron And brazen chain, Far from the change that men call life fled higher Into the world immutable of sleep, We see our loved one, and vain eyes desire In vain to weep. Woeful our gaze, if on Ione Earth descendent, To view the absence of yon flame afar— Yet in the Heavens, anew, divine, resplendent, Behold a star ! One light the less, that steady flamed and eve…

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1913 · PDF PAGE 90

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

…er , never heed Us , who lie in dim , enchanted oceans , still with hopes ungranted Everlastingly implanted in the dense Sargasso weed . Far from where the coral island raises its palm - crested highland , Gilded in the sunset 's smile and silvered by the laughing stars : Countless leagues beyond the graven , granite wharves of any haven Leagues beyond the careless , craven clamour of the gay bazaars . thai Far beyond the sunset 's lustre , where the clouds their legions muster In the slimy sea - weed cluster lie those vessels gaunt and grey : …

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1913 · PDF PAGE 198

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

… So wave your hand from Faery Land And beckon with your finger . “ Awake ! Awake! ” I hear you cry . And now your reedy pipes are shrill Far , far away , beyond the day , Beyond the Faery Hill . But wait , but wait , О faery boy , I come by height and hollow . For now I hear your music clear Cry : “ Follow ! Follow ! Follow !” II . I may not catch you with my hands , Your voice is just beyond my ear , And vision cannot reach the lands Where I might see you clear : They are so far , so near . 179

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1902 · PDF PAGE 88

Tannhäuser

Tannhauser. Far, very far ! Landgrave. You fought with Turks ? Tannhauser. I fought within myself. Landgrave. Why is such suffering written in dark lines, And painted in the greyness of your hair Tannhauser. I had an evil dream. Landgrave. You saw the Grail .'' Tannhauser. I saw — strange things. Wolfram. For very feebleness Your limbs shake under you. How hither, friend .'* Your horse and arms ? Your squire .■* 86

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1913 · PDF PAGE 77

Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

Aleister Crowley . Far above Space and Time that earth environ With bands and bars we strive against in vain , Far o'er the world , and all its triple iron And brazen chain ; Far from the change that men call life ; fled higher Into the world immutable of sleep , We see our loved one , and vain eyes desire In vain to weep . Woeful our gaze , if on lone Earth descendent , To view the absence of yon flame afar Yet in the Heavens , anew , divine , resplendent , Behold a star ! One light the less , that steady flamed and even Amid the dusk of Earth…

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1905 · PDF PAGE 65

Oracles

…wns unto which a gambler’s fingers cling ; A libertine caress from hungry Adeline ; The sound of music, lulling, silver, clean, Like the far cry of human suffering : All these, deep bottle ! are of little worth Beside the piercing balm thy fertile girth Holds in the reverent poet’s lifted soul ; To him thou givest youth, and hope, and life, And pride, this treasure of all beggar’s strife That gives us triumph, Godhead, for its dole. EPILOGUE TO “ GREEN ALPS ” FAREWELL, my book, whose words I have not given One tithe of those fierce fires that i…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

…g hope that he will continue to tempt you, that his temptations and his mocking words are better than no words at all. This only happens far far up the mountain slope, some say not so far from the summit; but take heed! for at this stage there is a great precipice, and those who look round for the hound may perchance stumble and fall—and the foot of that precipice is the valley from which they came. From here all is darkness, and there are no roads to guide the pilgrim, and the sleuth-hound can no more be seen because of the shadows of the nigh…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 238

The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

…g hope that he will continue to tempt you, that his temptations and his mocking words are better than no words at all. This only happens far far up the mountain slope, some say not so far from the summit; but take heed! for at this stage there is a great precipice, and those who look round for the hound may perchance stumble and fall—and the foot of that precipice is the valley from which they came. From here all is darkness, and there are no roads to guide the pilgrim, and the sleuth-hound can no more be seen because of the shadows of the nigh…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 174

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VII)

…O CONSTABLES COSTUMES : Twenty ymn- ago—the ptrum hing just?!ןמשש working men τ΄“ lucid! condition PROPERTIES REQUIRED Old-fashioncdsafe far/acie?}לשממ Bag: 0 “ treasure,” ui:/m d'un, etc.,for?;(:/פana :₪;/:: Shutter: and ban—far window: Clama, eis., and drinks (in Etc/chard) Lantern, practicable dar/e ὕψι”! Calendar: and other mitaþ/z dcwmtiw:

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1912 · PDF PAGE 174

The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

…O CONSTABLES COSTUMES : Twenty ymn- ago—the ptrum hing just?!ןמשש working men τ΄“ lucid! condition PROPERTIES REQUIRED Old-fashioncdsafe far/acie?}לשממ Bag: 0 “ treasure,” ui:/m d'un, etc.,for?;(:/פana :₪;/:: Shutter: and ban—far window: Clama, eis., and drinks (in Etc/chard) Lantern, practicable dar/e ὕψι”! Calendar: and other mitaþ/z dcwmtiw:

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1898 · PDF PAGE 62

White Stains

… another as the flames Of our hell fuse us into one wild soul : Then, one immaculate divinest whole, Plunge, fire, within all fire, dive far to death ; Till, like king Satan’s sympathetic breath, Burn on us as a voice from far above Strange nameless elements of fire and love ; And we, one mouth to kiss, one soul to lure, For ever, wedded, one, divine, endure Far from sun, sea, and spring from love or light, Imbedded in impenetrable night ;

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1905 · PDF PAGE 114

Orpheus

In hell’s own deepest pit, far, far below Phlegethon’s flame and Styx’s stifling flow, Far below Tartarus, below the land Thrust lowest in the devilish vertigo. If I could weep or slumber or forget! If love once left me, with his eyelids wet With tender memory of his own despair Or frozen to a statue of regret! If but the chilling agony, that turns To bitter fever-heat that stings and burns Would freeze me, or destroy me, or impair My sense, that it should feel not how it yearns! Or if this pain were only pain, and not A deadness deeper than al…

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1928 · PDF PAGE 52

Little Poems in Prose

… soul. My thoughts flitted with a lightness like that of the atmosphere; vulgar passions, such as hate and profane love, seemed to me as far away as the clouds which defiled at the bottom of the abyss under my feet. My soul seemed to me as vast and as pure as the cupula of the sky which covered me. The memory of earthly things reached my heart weakened and diminished, like the sound of the bells of the unseen cattle which were feeding far, very far, on the slope of the oppo- site mountain. Upon the small unstirred lake, black by reason of its i…

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1910 · PDF PAGE 73

Ambergris

…ard nor open to the ear, Woven of silence, moulded in the haunted Houses where dead men linger year by year. I have no fear To tread thy far irremeable way Beyond the paths and palaces of day, Beyond the night, beyond the skies, Beyond eternity’s Tremendous gate ; beyond the immanent miracle. O secret self of things ! I have nor feet nor wings Except to follow far beyond Heaven and Earth and Hell, Until I mix my mood And being in thee, as in my hermit’s hood I grow the thing I contemplate that selfless solitude !

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1899 · PDF PAGE 106

Jephthah and Other Mysteries

84 MYSTERIES: A whole long life of love. Leap high, laugh low ! I love you—so !— One kiss—and then to freedom! See the bay So far away, But not too far for love! Ring out, sharp hoof, And put to proof The skill of him that steeled thee! Freedom! Set As never yet Thy straining sides for freedom! Gallant mare! The frosty air Kindles the blood within us as we race. O love! Thy face Flames with the passion of our happy speed! The noble steed Pashes the first gold limit of the sand. Ah love, thy hand! We win, no foot pursuing spans the brow! Yes, ki…

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1907 · PDF PAGE 278

The Star in the West

…e and o'er hill , deep through the frozen forest, and the broad sun scorched plain , over seas and oceans , over continents and worlds , far, far through universes and systems , past stars , past comets and suns , deep into the depths of unutterable mystery ; and there through the æons midst , the birth of worlds , in the very womb of Time sunk on some fleeting asteroid , is the aspirant , " O Hope ! O Hope ! Where hast thou led me , ever near me , never with me ? ” “ On , on , O weary one , past man , past gods , on , on to the rim of Time ” :…

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1912 · PDF PAGE 111

Sir Palamedes

XL Sir PALAMEDE the Saracen Hath seen the All; his mind is set To pass beyond that great Amen. Far hath he wandered; still to fret His soul against that Soul. He breaches The rhododendron forest-net, His body bloody with its leeches. Sternly he travelleth the crest Of a great mountain, far that reaches Toward the King-snows; the rains molest The knight, white wastes updriven of wind In sheets, in torrents, fiend-possessed, Up from the steaming plains of Ind. They cut his flesh, they chill his bones : Yet he feels naught; his mind is pinned To t…

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