[Dedicated to K.M.Ward] br br br "I will arise and go unto my father" br br MALKUTH br br Dark, dark all dark! I cower, I cringe. br Only ablove me is a citron tinge br As if some echo of red, gold and lue br Chimed on the night and let its shadow through. br Yet I who am thus prisoned and exiled br Am the right heir of glory, the crowned child. br br I match my might against my Fate's br I gird myself to reach the ultimate shores, br I arm myself the war to win:- br Lift up your heads, O mighty gates! br Be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors! br The King of Glory shall come in. br br TAU br br I pass from the citrine:deep indigo br Is this tall column. Snakes and vultures bend br Their hooted hate on him that would ascend. br O may the Four avail me ! Ageless woe, br Fear, torture, throng the treshold. LO1 The end br Of Matter ! The immensity of things br br Let loose -new laws, new beings, new conditions;- br Dire chaos; see ! these new-fledged wings br Fail in its vagueness and initiations. br Only my circle saves me from the hate br Of all these monsters dead yet animate. br br I match, &c. br br YESOD br br Hail, thou full moon, O flame of Amethyst ! br Stupendous mountain on whose shoulders rest br The Eight Above. More stable is my crest br Than thine -and now I pierce thee, veil of mist! br Even as an arrow from the war-bow springs br I leap -my life is set with loftier things. br br I match, & c.