A poem by Alistar Crowley (1875-1947)
Thrill with lissome lust of the light,
O man ! My man !
Come careering out of the night
Of Pan ! Io Pan .
Io Pan ! Io Pan ! Come over the sea
From Sicily and from Arcady !
Roaming as Bacchus, with fauns and pards
And nymphs and styrs for thy guards,
On a milk-white ass, come over the sea
To me, to me,
Coem with Apollo in bridal dress
(Spheperdess and pythoness)
Come with Artemis, silken shod,
And wash thy white thigh, beautiful God,
In the moon, of the woods, on the marble mount,
The dimpled dawn of of the amber fount !
Dip the purple of passionate prayer
In the crimson shrine, the scarlet snare,
The soul that startles in eyes of blue
To watch thy wantoness weeping through
The tangled grove, the gnarled bole
Of the living tree that is spirit and soul
And body and brain -come over the sea,
(Io Pan ! Io Pan !)
Devil or god, to me, to me,
My man ! my man !
Come with trumpets sounding shrill
Over the hill !
Come with drums low muttering
From the spring !
Come with flute and come with pipe !
Am I not ripe ?
I, who wait and writhe and wrestle
With air that hath no boughs to nestle
My body, weary of empty clasp,
Strong as a lion, and sharp as an asp-
Come, O come !
I am numb
With the lonely lust of devildom.
Thrust the sword through the galling fetter,
All devourer, all begetter;
Give me the sign of the Open Eye
And the token erect of thorny thigh
And the word of madness and mystery,
O pan ! Io Pan !
Io Pan ! Io Pan ! Pan Pan ! Pan,
I am a man:
Do as thou wilt, as a great god can,
O Pan ! Io Pan !
Io pan ! Io Pan Pan ! Iam awake
In the grip of the snake.
The eagle slashes with beak and claw;
The gods withdraw:
The great beasts come, Io Pan ! I am borne
To death on the horn
Of the Unicorn.
I am Pan ! Io Pan ! Io Pan Pan ! Pan !
I am thy mate, I am thy man,
Goat of thy flock, I am gold , I am god,
Flesh to thy bone, flower to thy rod.
With hoofs of steel I race on the rocks
Through solstice stubborn to equinox.
And I rave; and I rape and I rip and I rend
Everlasting, world without end.
Mannikin, maiden, maenad, man,
In the might of Pan.
Io Pan ! Io Pan Pan ! Pan ! Io Pan !
A few random poems:
- Under Cover of Night by Robert Desnos
- Sestina: Altaforte poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Threads of Gold by Ronald G. Auguste
- A VOW TO VENUS by Robert Herrick
- Иван Елагин – Спрашивал ответа
- Николай Заболоцкий – Болезнь
- A Petition poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- After the Sea-Ship. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Корнилов – Место
- Жан де Лафонтен – Человек и его Изображение
- Application For A Driving License by Michael Ondaatje
- Lines Written As A School Exercise At Hawkshead, Anno Aetatis 14 by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Костров – Поток ушедших лет
- A Greek Girl poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
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External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
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Poems in English
- Анатолий Жигулин – Кукует поздняя кукушка
- Анатолий Жигулин – Кострожоги
- Анатолий Жигулин – Кордон Песчаный
- Анатолий Жигулин – Коломенское
- Анатолий Жигулин – Кладбище в Заполярье
- Анатолий Жигулин – Калина
- Анатолий Жигулин – Из больничной тетради
- Анатолий Жигулин – Иду в полях
- Анатолий Жигулин – Гулко эхо от ранних шагов
- Анатолий Жигулин – Горят сырые листья
- Анатолий Жигулин – Где теперь ты, рыжая
- Анатолий Жигулин – Эпоха
- Анатолий Жигулин – Дорога
- Анатолий Жигулин – Деревья с черными грачами
- Анатолий Жигулин – Дальние предки
- Анатолий Жигулин – Цветы сажают в торф
- Анатолий Жигулин – Черные листья осины
- Анатолий Жигулин – Бросаю в воду хлеб
- Анатолий Жигулин – Береза
- Анатолий Жигулин – Белый-белый торжественный снег
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