Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest WhatsAppRecent ChangesSend via e-MailPrintPermalink × A Poem A POEM By ALEISTER CROWLEY I have ransacked heaven and earth, Hilarion, for gramarye Of words to witness to thy worth. For incense-clouds of poesy I have ransacked heaven and earth. God came, and Light and Love and Life; The mystic Rose flowered fair and fain; All skies ensphered the worshipped wife; All failed in fragrance; all in vain God came, and Light and Love and Life. Jewels and snows and flowers and streams Lent flashing beauties to my verse; They are but phantoms fed on dreams To thy reality — I curse Jewels and snows and flowers and streams. I sought for fancy’s witch-device; Arabian fable, Indian hymn, Chinese design and Persian spice — Besides thy truth how ghostly dim Is fancy’s bodiless witch-device! I love the legends of the past; Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome, The Celtic rune, the saga blast — Thou art the sea, and they the foam, The lovely legends of the past. In the heart’s wordless exaltation, The silence of the depth of things, There only sobs mine adoration; There only may I wave my wings — Silence, and love, and exaltation. Previous | Top | Issue 2, February 1918 | Next Thelema If you have found this material useful or enlightening, you may also be interested in Thelema Liber Legis, The Book of the Law Ordo Templi Orientis A∴A∴ Trademark Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.O., and the O.T.O. Lamen design are registered trademarks of Ordo Templi Orientis. Copyright All copyrights on Aleister Crowley material are held by Ordo Templi Orientis. This site is not an official O.T.O. website, and is neither sponsored by nor controlled by Ordo Templi Orientis. The text of this Aleister Crowley material is made available here only for personal and non-commercial use. This material is provided here in a convenient searchable form as a study resource for those seekers looking for it in their research. For any commercial use, please contact Ordo Templi Orientis. Last modified: 2021/04/26 10:59by John Bell