A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
[Dedicated to Frank Harris, editor of Vanity Fair]
On the black night, beneath the winter moon,
I clothed me in the limbs of Codia,
Swooning my soul out into her red throat,
So that the glimmer of our skins, the tune
Og our ripe rythm, seemed the hideous play
Of death-worms crawling on a corpse,afloat
With life that takes its thirst
Only from things accurst.
Closer than Clodia’s clasp, Death had me down
To his black heart, and fed upon my breath,
So that we seemed a stilness -whiter than
The stars, more silent than the stars, a crown
Of Stars ! For in the icy kiss of death
I found that God that is denied to man
So long as love and thought
And life avail him aught.
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- Tori Soorat Kay Balihaari poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- On the Field of Kulicovo poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Invocation To The Earth, February 1816 by William Wordsworth
- Такахама Кёси – Давнишний приятель
- Владимир Корнилов – Старость
- Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased) by William Matthews
- Night Shift by Sylvia Plath
- Sleep Did Come Wi’ The Dew by William Barnes
- Aeneid by Virgil
- Михаил Кузмин – Вы молчаливо-нежное дитя
- Troopin’ by Rudyard Kipling
- Олег Бундур – Настроение
- Анатолий Жигулин – Бросаю в воду хлеб
- Николай Карамзин – Часто здесь в юдоли мрачной
- Before Dawn poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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