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St John i	A
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In the mighty Mother's bosom was the Wise	B
With the mystic Father in aeonian night	C
Aye for ever one with them though it arise	B
Going forth to sound its hymn of light	C
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At its incantation rose the starry fane	D
At its magic thronged the myriad race of men	E
Life awoke that in the womb so long had lain	D
To its cyclic labours once again	E
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'Tis the soul of fire within the heart of life	F
From its fiery fountain spring the will and thought	G
All the strength of man for deeds of love or strife	F
Though the darkness comprehend it not	H
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In the mystery written here	I
John is but the life the seer	I
Outcast from the life of light	C
Inly with reverted sight	C
Still he scans with eager eyes	B
The celestial mysteries	J
Poet of all far seen things	K
At his word the soul has wings	K
Revelations symbols dreams	L
Of the inmost light which gleams	L
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The winds the stars and the skies though wrought	G
By the one Fire Self still know it not	H
And man who moves in the twilight dim	M
Feels not the love that encircles him	M
Though in heart on bosom and eyelids press	N
Lips of an infinite tenderness	O
He turns away through the dark to roam	P
Nor heeds the fire in his hearth and home	P
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They whose wisdom everywhere	Q
Sees as through a crystal air	Q
The lamp by which the world is lit	R
And themselves as one with it	R
In whom the eye of vision swells	S
Who have in entranced hours	T
Caught the word whose might compels	S
All the elemental powers	T
They arise as Gods from men	E
Like the morning stars again	E
They who seek the place of rest	U
Quench the blood heat of the breast	U
Grow ascetic inward turning	V
Trample down the lust from burning	V
Silence in the self the will	W
For a power diviner still	W
To the fire born Self alone	X
The ancestral spheres are known	X
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Unto the poor dead shadows came	Y
Wisdom mantled about with flame	Y
We had eyes that could see the light	C
Born of the mystic Father's might	C
Glory radiant with powers untold	Z
And the breath of God around it rolled	Z
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Life that moved in the deeps below	A2
Felt the fire in its bosom glow	A2
Life awoke with the Light allied	B2
Grew divinely stirred and cried	B2
This is the Ancient of Days within	C2
Light that is ere our days begin	C2
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Every power in the spirit's ken	E
Springs anew in our lives again	E
We had but dreams of the heart's desire	D2
Beauty thrilled with the mystic fire	D2
The white fire breath whence springs the power	D2
Flows alone in the spirit's hour	D2
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Man arose the earth he trod	E2
Grew divine as he gazed on God	E2
Light in a fiery whirlwind broke	F2
Out of the dark divine and spoke	F2
Man went forth through the vast to tread	G2
By the spirit of wisdom charioted	G2
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There came the learned of the schools	H2
Who measure heavenly things by rules	H2
The sceptic doubter the logician	I2
Who in all sacred things precision	I2
Would mark the limit fix the scope	J2
Art thou the Christ for whom we hope	J2
Art thou a magian or in thee	K2
Has the divine eye power to see	K2
He answered low to those who came	Y
Not this nor this nor this I claim	Y
More than the yearning of the heart	G2
I have no wisdom to impart	G2
I am the voice that cries in him	M
Whose heart is dead whose eyes are dim	M
'Make pure the paths where through may run	I2
The light streams from that golden one	I2
The Self who lives within the sun '	-
As spake the seer of ancient days	L2
The voices from the earthly ways	L2
Questioned him still What dost thou here	I
If neither prophet king nor seer	I
What power is kindled by they might	G2
I flow before the feet of Light	G2
I am the purifying stream	M2
But One of whom ye have no dream	M2
Whose footsteps move among you still	W
Though dark divine invisible	N2
Impelled by Him before His ways	L2
I journey though I dare not raise	L2
Even from the ground these eyes so dim	M
Or look upon the feet of Him	M
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When the dead or dreamy hours	T
Like a mantle fall away	O2
Wakes the eye of gnostic powers	T
To the light of hidden day	O2
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And the yearning heart within	C2
Seeks the true the only friend	G2
He who burdened with our sin	C2
Loves and loves unto the end	G2
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Ah the martyr of the world	G2
With a face of steadfast peace	P2
Round whose brow the light is curled	G2
'Tis the Lamb with golden fleece	P2
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So they called of old the shining	V
Such a face the sons of men	E
See and all its life divining	V
Wake primeval fires again	E
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Such a face and such a glory	K2
Passed before the eyes of John	Q2
With a breath of olden story	K2
Blown from ages long agone	Q2
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Who would know the God in man	Q2
Deeper still must be his glance	R2
Veil on veil his eye must scan	Q2
For the mystic signs which tell	S2
If the fire electric fell	S2
On the seer in his trance	R2
As his way he upward wings	K
From all time encircled things	K
Flames the glory round his head	G2
Like a bird with wings outspread	G2
Gold and silver plumes at rest	G2
Such a shadowy shining crest	G2
Round the hero's head reveals him	M
To the soul that would adore	T2
As the master power that heals him	M
And the fount of secret lore	T2
Nature such a diadem	U2
Places on her royal line	Q2
Every eye that looks on them	U2
Knows the Sons of the Divine	Q2
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April	N2

George William Russell

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