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,,prologue   ,,my ,,de> ,,maurice--,y w 
rememb] t aft]noon 9 ,calvados la/ summ]
 :5 y\r black ,p]sian ,m9\loo%e1 :o _h  
walk$ beh9d u = a good mile1 he>d a w+  
flutt] 9 a bramble-bu%8 ,= a long "t we 
call$ h] ende>+ names 9 va94 ,%e seem$  
resolute to sp5d h] night among !       
brambles4 ,%e _h int]rupt$ a            
conv]sation1 (t5 int]rupt$ be=e1 ^u     
c]ta9 ?\ghts s long habitual t ,i may be
 p]mitt$ to call !m my convictions4 ,:5 
,i came back to ,london my m9d ran aga9 
& aga9 to ^? conv]sations & ,i c\ld n   
re/ till ,i _h writt5 out 9 ?is little  
book all t ,i _h said or w\ld h said4   
,read x "s day :5 ,m9\loo%e is asleep4  
,w4 ,b4 ,,yeats4  ,may #aa1 #aiag4      
,,ego ,,dom9us ,,tuus   ,,hic    ,on !  
grey s& beside ! %all[ /ream1   ,"u y\r 
old w9d-beat5 t[]1 :]e /ill   ,a lamp   
burns on above ! op5 book   ,t ,mi*ael  
,rob>tes left1 y walk 9 ! moon1   ,&1   
?\gh y h pass$ ! be/ ( life1 /ill trace1

   ,en?rall$ by ! unconqu]able delusion1
   ,magical %apes4  ,,ille              
,by ! help ( an image   ,i call to my   
own opposite1 summon all   ,t ,i h h&l$ 
lea/1 lea/ look$ ^u4  ,,hic    ,& ,i    
w\ld f9d myself & n an image4  ,,ille   
,t is our mod]n hope1 & by its light    
,we h lit ^u ! g5tle1 s5sitive m9d   ,& 
lo/ ! old non*alance ( ! h&2   ,:e!r we 
h *os5 *isel1 p51 or bru%1   ,we are b  
critics1 or b half create1   ,timid1    
entangl$1 empty1 & aba%$1   ,lack+ !    
c\nt5ance ( our fri5ds4  ,,hic          
,& yet1   ,! *ief imag9ation (          
,*ri/5dom1   ,dante ,alighi]i1 s utt]ly 
f\nd himself1   ,t he has made t holl[  
face ( 8   ,m pla9 to ! m9d's eye ?an   
any face   ,b t ( ,*ri/4  ,,ille        
,& did he f9d himself1   ,or 0 ! hung] t
 _h made x holl[   ,a hung] = ! apple on
 ! b\gh   ,mo/ out ( rea*8 ,& is t      
spectral image   ,! man t ,lapo & t     
,guido knew8   ,i ?9k he fa%ion$ f 8    
opposite   ,an image t might h be5 a    
/ony face1   ,/>+ ^u a ,b$u9's          

horse-hair ro(1   ,f door$ & w9d[$      
cliff1 or half upturn$   ,among ! co>se 
grass & ! camel dung4   ,he set 8 *isel 
to ! h>de/ /one2   ,be+ mock$ by ,guido 
= 8 le*]\s life1   ,d]id$ & d]id+1 driv5
 out   ,to climb t /air & eat t bitt]   
bread1   ,he f\nd ! unp]suadable ju/ice1
 he f\nd   ,! mo/ exalt$ lady lov$ by a 
man4  ,,hic    ,yet surely !re are m5 :o
 h made _! art   ,out ( no tragic w>2   
lov]s ( life1   ,impulsive m51 t look = 
happ9ess1   ,& s+ :5 !y h f\nd x4       
,,ille                                  
,no1 n s+1   ,= ^? t love ! _w s]ve x 9 
action1   ,gr[ ri*1 popul>1 & full (    
influ5ce2   ,& %\ld !y pa9t or write    
/ill is x action1   ,! /ruggle ( ! fly 9
 m>malade4   ,! rhetorician w\ld deceive
 8 neighb\rs1   ,! s5tim5tali/ himself2 
:ile art   ,is b a vision ( reality4    
,:at portion 9 ! _w c ! arti/ h1   ,:o  
has awak5$ f ! common dream1   ,b       
dissipation & despair8  ,,hic           
,& yet1   ,no "o d5ies to ,keats love ( 
! _w1   ,rememb] 8 delib]ate happ9ess4  

,,ille    ,8 art is happy1 b :o kn[s 8  
m9d8   ,i see a s*oolboy1 :5 ,i ?9k (   
him1   ,) face & nose press$ to a       
sweet%op w9d[1   ,= c]ta9ly he sank into
 8 grave1   ,8 s5ses & 8 he>t           
unsatisfi$2   ,& made--be+ poor1 ail+ & 
ignorant1   ,%ut out f all ! luxury ( ! 
_w1   ,! ill-br$ son ( a liv]y /able    
keep]--   ,luxuriant song4  ,,hic       
,:y %\ld y leave ! lamp   ,burn+ alone  
beside an op5 book1   ,& trace ^!       
*>act]s ^u ! s&8   ,a /yle is f\nd by   
s$5t>y toil1   ,& by ! imitation ( great
 ma/]s4  ,,ille    ,because ,i seek an  
image1 n a book2   ,^? m5 t 9 _! writ+s 
are mo/ wise   ,own no?+ b _! bl9d1     
/upefi$ he>ts4   ,i call to ! my/]i\s "o
 :o yet   ,%all walk ! wet s& by !      
wat]'s edge1   ,& look mo/ l me1 be+    
inde$ my d\ble1   ,& prove ( all        
imag9able ?+s   ,! mo/ unlike1 be+ my   
anti-self1   ,&1 /&+ by ^! *>act]s1     
disclose   ,all t ,i seek2 & :isp] x z  
?\gh   ,he 7 afraid ! birds1 :o cry al\d
   ,_! mom5t>y cries be=e x is dawn1    

,w\ld c>ry x away to blasphem\s m54     
,decemb] #aiae4     ,,p] ,,amica        
,,sil5tia ,,lunae     ,,anima ,,hom9is  
,i  ,:5 ,i come home aft] meet+ m5 :o   
are /range to me1 & sometimes ev5 aft]  
talk+ to wom51 ,i g ov] all ,i h said 9 
gloom & disappo9tm5t4 ,p]haps ,i h      
ov]/at$ ev]y?+ f a desire to vex or     
/>tle1 f ho/ility t is b fe>2 or all my 
natural ?\ghts h be5 dr[n$ by an        
undiscipl9$ sympa?y4 ,my fell[-d9]s h   
h>dly seem$ ( mix$ humanity1 & h[ %\ld  
,i keep my head among images ( good &   
evil1 crude allegories4  ,b :5 ,i %ut my
 door & light ! c&le1 ,i invite a       
,m>morean ,muse1 an art1 :]e no ?\ght or
 emotion has come to m9d because ano!r  
man has ?\ght or felt some?+ diff]5t1 = 
n[ !re mu/ be no reaction1 action only1 
& ! _w mu/ move my he>t b to ! he>t's   
discov]y ( itself1 & ,i beg9 to dream ( 
eyelids t d n quiv] be=e ! bayonet3 all 
my ?\ghts h ease & joy1 ,i am all virtue
 & confid5ce4 ,:5 ,i come to put 9 rhyme
 :at ,i h f\nd x w be a h>d toil1 b = a 

mom5t ,i believe ,i h f\nd myself & n my
 anti-self4 ,x is only ! %r9k+ f toil   
p]haps t conv9ces me t ,i h be5 no m    
myself ?an is ! cat ! m$ic9al grass x is
 eat+ 9 ! g>d54  ,h[ c\ld ,i h mi/ak5 = 
myself an h]oic condition t f e>ly      
boyhood has made me sup]/iti\s8 ,t :i*  
comes z complete1 z m9utely organis$1 z 
are ^? elaborate1 brightly light$       
build+s & sc5]ies appe>+ 9 a mom5t1 z ,i
 lie betwe5 sleep+ & wak+1 mu/ come f   
above me & beyond me4 ,at times ,i      
rememb] t place 9 ,dante :]e he sees 9 8
 *amb] ! ,"l ( ,t]rible ,aspect1 & h[1  
seem+ to rejoice inw>dly t x 0 a m>vel  
to see1 speak+1 he said1 _m ?+s among ! 
:i* ,i c\ld und]/& b few1 & ( ^! ?is3   
ego dom9us tuus2 or %\ld ! conditions   
come1 n z x 7 9 a ge/ure--z ! image ( a 
man--b 9 "s f9e l&scape1 x is ( ,boehme1
 maybe1 t ,i ?9k1 & ( t c\ntry :]e we   
et]nally solace ourselves 9 ! excell5t  
beautiful fl\ri%+ ( all mann] ( fl[]s & 
=ms1 bo? trees & plants1 & all k9ds (   
fruit4   ,,ii  ,:5 ,i consid] ! m9ds (  

my fri5ds1 among arti/s & emotional     
writ]s1 ,i discov] a l contra/4 ,i h    
sometimes told "o close fri5d t h] only 
fault is a habit ( h>% judgm5t ) ^? :o h
 n h] sympa?y1 & %e has writt5 com$ies  
:]e ! wick$e/ p seem b bold *ildr54 ,%e 
does n "k :y %e has creat$ t _w :]e no  
"o is ev] judg$1 a high celebration (   
indulg5ce1 b to me x seems t h] ideal ( 
beauty is ! comp5sat+ dream ( a nature  
we>i$ out by ov]-mu* judgm5t4 ,i "k a   
fam\s actress :o 9 private life is l !  
capta9 ( "s buccane] %ip hold+ 8 crew to
 good behavi\r at ! m\? ( a blund]buss1 
& ^u ! /age %e excels 9 ! repres5tation 
( wom5 :o /ir to pity & to desire       
because !y ne$ our protection1 & is mo/ 
adorable z "o ( ^? "y que5s imag9$ by   
,maet]l9ck :o h s little w1 s little    
self1 t !y are l %ad[s sigh+ at ! edge (
 ! _w4 ,:5 ,i la/ saw h] 9 h] own h\se  
%e liv$ 9 a torr5t ( words & movem5ts1  
%e c\ld n li/51 & all ab\t h] ^u ! walls
 7 wom5 drawn by ,burne-,jones 9 8 late/
 p]iod4 ,%e _h invit$ me 9 ! hope t ,i  

w\ld def5d ^? wom51 :o 7 always li/5+1 &
 are z necess>y to h] z a contemplative 
,buddha to a ,japanese ,samurai1 aga9/ a
 ,fr5* critic :o w\ld p]suade h] to take
 into h] he>t 9 _! /ead a               
,po/-,impressioni/ picture ( a fat1     
ruddy1 nude woman ly+ ^u a ,turkey      
c>pet4  ,!re are inde$ c]ta9 m5 ^: art  
is less an oppos+ virtue ?an a          
comp5sation = "s accid5t ( heal? or     
circum/ance4 ,dur+ ! riots ov] ! fir/   
production ( ! ,playboy ( ! ,we/]n ,_w  
,synge 0 confus$1 )\t cle> ?\ght1 & 0   
soon ill--inde$ ! /ra9 ( t week may     
p]haps h ha/5$ 8 dea?--& he 01 z is     
usual ) g5tle & sil5t m51 scrupul\sly   
accurate 9 all 8 /atem5ts4 ,9 8 art he  
made1 to delight 8 e> & 8 m9d's eye1    
voluble d>$evils :o g romanc+ ?r\gh a   
romp+ lifetime 444 to ! dawn+ ( !       
,judgm5t ,day4 ,at o!r mom5ts ?is man1  
condemn$ to ! life ( a monk by bad      
heal?1 takes an amus$ pleasure 9 great  
que5s 444 mak+ !mselves mat*es f ! />t  
to ! end4 ,inde$1 9 all 8 imag9ation he 

delights 9 f9e physical life1 9 life :]e
 ! moon pulls up ! tide4 ,! la/ act (   
,deirdre ( ! ,sorr[s1 :]e 8 art is at   
its noble/1 0 writt5 ^u 8 dea?-b$4 ,he 0
 n sure ( any _w to come1 he 0 leav+ 8  
betro!d & 8 unwritt5 play--,oh1 :at a   
wa/e ( "t1 he said to me2 he hat$ to    
die1 & 9 ! la/ spee*es ( ,deirdre & 9 ! 
middle act he accept$ dea? & dismiss$   
life ) a graci\s ge/ure4 ,he gave to    
,deirdre ! emotion t seem$ to him mo/   
desirable1 mo/ difficult1 mo/ fitt+1 &  
maybe saw 9 ^? delight$ sev5 ye>s1 n[   
dw9dl+ f h]1 ! fulfilm5t ( 8 own life4  
,,iii  ,:5 ,i ?9k ( any great poetical  
writ] ( ! pa/ 7a reali/ is an hi/orian &
 obscures ! cleavage by ! record ( 8    
eyes7 ,i compreh5d1 if ,i "k ! l9eam5ts 
( 8 life1 t ! "w is ! man's flight f 8  
entire horoscope1 8 bl9d /ruggle 9 !    
network ( ! />s4 ,william ,morris1 a    
happy1 busy1 mo/ irascible man1 describ$
 dim col\r & p5sive emotion1 foll[+1    
beyond any man ( 8 "t1 an indol5t muse2 
:ile ,savage ,l&or topp$ u all 9 calm   

nobility :5 ! p5 0 9 8 h&1 z 9 ! daily  
viol5ce ( 8 passion :5 he _h laid x d[n4
 ,he _h 9 8 ,imag9>y ,conv]sations      
rem9d$ u1 z x 71 t ! ,v5us de ,milo is a
 /one1 & yet he wrote :5 ! copies did n 
come f ! pr9t] z soon z he expect$3 ,i h
 444 _h ! resolution to te> 9 pieces all
 my sket*es & projects & to =swe> all   
future und]tak+s4 ,i h tri$ to sleep    
away my "t & pass two-?irds ( !         
tw5ty-f\r h\rs 9 b$4 ,i may speak (     
myself z a dead man4 ,i imag9e ,keats to
 h be5 born ) t ?ir/ = luxury common to 
_m at ! outsett+ ( ! ,romantic ,movem5t1
 & n able1 l weal?y ,beck=d1 to slake x 
) beautiful & /range objects4 ,x drove  
him to imag9>y delights2 ignorant1 poor1
 & 9 poor heal?1 & n p]fectly well-br$1 
he knew himself driv5 f tangible luxury2
 meet+ ,%elley1 he 0 res5tful &         
suspici\s because he1 z ,leigh ,hunt    
recalls1 be+ a little too s5sitive on ! 
score ( 8 orig91 felt incl9$ to see 9 e 
man ( bir? 8 natural enemy4   ,,iv  ,"s 
?irty ye>s ago ,i read a prose allegory 

by ,simeon ,solomon1 long out ( pr9t &  
unprocurable1 & rememb] or seem to      
rememb] a s5t5ce1 a holl[ image (       
fulfill$ desire4 ,all happy art seems to
 me t holl[ image1 b :5 its l9eam5ts    
express also ! pov]ty or ! exasp]ation t
 set its mak] to ! "w1 we call x tragic 
art4 ,keats b gave u 8 dream ( luxury2 b
 :ile read+ ,dante we nev] long escape !
 conflict1 p>tly because ! v]ses are at 
mom5ts a mirror ( 8 hi/ory1 & yet m     
because t hi/ory is s cle> & simple t x 
has ! quality ( art4 ,i am no ,dante    
s*ol>1 & ,i b read him 9 ,%adwell or 9  
,dante ,rossetti1 b ,i am always p]suad$
 t he celebrat$ ! mo/ pure lady poet ev]
 sung & ! ,div9e ,ju/ice1 n m]ely       
because dea? took t lady & ,flor5ce     
bani%$ h] s+]1 b because he _h to       
/ruggle 9 8 own he>t ) 8 unju/ ang] & 8 
lu/2 :ile unlike ^? ( ! great poets1 :o 
are at peace ) ! _w & at w> ) !mselves1 
he f\ght a d\ble w>4 ,always1 says      
,boccaccio1 bo? 9 y\? & maturity he f\nd
 room among 8 virtues = le*]y2 or z     

,mat!w ,arnold pref]r$ to *ange !       
phrase1 8 conduct 0 exce$+ irregul>4    
,guido ,cavalcanti1 z ,rossetti         
translates him1 f9ds too mu* bas5ess 9 8
 fri5d3    ,& /ill ?y spee* ( me1       
he>tfelt & k9d1   ,ha? made me treasure 
up ?y poetry2   ,b n[ ,i d>e n1 = ?y    
abject life1   ,make manife/ t ,i       
approve ?y rhymes4  ,& :5 ,dante meets  
,beatrice 9 ,ed51 does %e n reproa* him 
because1 :5 %e _h tak5 h] pres5ce away1 
he foll[$ 9 spite ( w>n+ dreams1 false  
images1 & n[1 to save him 9 8 own       
despite1 %e has visit$ 444 ! ,portals ( 
! ,dead1 & *os5 ,virgil = 8 c\ri]8 ,:ile
 ,g9o da ,pi/oia compla9s t 9 8 ,comm$ia
 8 lovely h]esies 444 beat ! "r d[n &   
let ! wrong g free3    ,!re=e 8 va9     
decrees1 :]e9 he li$1   ,mu/ be l empty 
nut%ells flung aside2   ,yet ?r\gh ! ra%
 false witness set to gr[1   ,fr5* &    
,italian v5geance on su* pride   ,may   
fall l ,an?ony on ,cic]o4  ,dante       
himself s+s to ,giovanni ,guir9o at !   
approa* ( dea?2    ,! ,k+1 by ^: ri*    

grave 8 s]vants be   ,) pl5ty beyond    
measure set to dwell1   ,orda9s t ,i my 
bitt] wra? dispel1   ,& lift m9e eyes to
 ! great ,consi/ory4   ,v  ,we make out 
( ! qu>rel ) o!rs1 rhetoric1 b ( !      
qu>rel ) ourselves1 poetry4 ,unlike !   
rhetoricians1 :o get a confid5t voice f 
rememb]+ ! cr[d !y h won or may w91 we  
s+ amid our unc]ta9ty2 &1 smitt5 ev5 9 !
 pres5ce ( ! mo/ high beauty by ! k (   
our solitude1 our rhy?m %udd]s4 ,i ?9k1 
too1 t no f9e poet1 no matt] h[ disord]$
 8 life1 has ev]1 ev5 9 8 m]e life1 _h  
pleasure = 8 end4 ,johnson & ,d[son1    
fri5ds ( my y\?1 7 dissipat$ m51 ! "o a 
drunk>d1 ! o!r a drunk>d & mad ab\t     
wom51 & yet !y _h ! gravity ( m5 :o _h  
f\nd life out & 7 awak5+ f ! dream2 &   
bo?1 "o 9 life & art & "o 9 art & less 9
 life1 _h a cont9ual preoccupation )    
religion4 ,nor has any poet ,i h read ( 
or he>d ( or met ) be5 a s5tim5tali/4 ,!
 o!r self1 ! anti-self or ! anti!tical  
self1 z "o may *oose to "n x1 comes b to
 ^? :o are no long] deceiv$1 ^: passion 

is reality4 ,! s5tim5tali/s are         
practical m5 :o believe 9 money1 9      
position1 9 a m>riage bell1 & ^: und]/&+
 ( happ9ess is to be s busy :e!r at "w  
or at play1 t all is =gott5 b ! mom5t>y 
aim4 ,!y f9d _! pleasure 9 a cup t is   
fill$ f ,le!'s :>f1 & = ! awak5+1 = !   
vision1 = ! revelation ( reality1       
tradition (f]s u a diff]5t ^w--ec/asy4  
,an old arti/ wrote to me ( 8 w&]+s by !
 quays ( ,new ,york1 & h[ he f\nd !re a 
woman nurs+ a sick *ild1 & drew h] /ory 
f h]4 ,%e spoke1 too1 ( o!r *ildr5 :o _h
 di$3 a long tragic /ory4 ,i want$ to   
pa9t h]1 he wrote1 if ,i d5i$ myself any
 ( ! pa9 ,i c\ld n believe 9 my own     
ec/asy4 ,we mu/ n make a false fai? by  
hid+ f our ?\ghts ! causes ( d\bt1 =    
fai? is ! highe/ a*ievem5t ( ! human    
intellect1 ! only gift man c make to    
,god1 & !re=e x mu/ be (f]$ 9 s9c]ity4  
,nei!r mu/ we create1 by hid+ ugl9ess1 a
 false beauty z our (f]+ to ! _w4 ,he   
only c create ! greate/ imag9able beauty
 :o has endur$ all imag9able pangs1 =   

only :5 we h se5 & =ese5 :at we dread   
%all we be rew>d$ by t dazzl+ un=ese5   
w+-foot$ w&]]4 ,we c\ld n f9d him if he 
7 n 9 "s s5se ( our be+ & yet ( our be+ 
b z wat] ) fire1 a noise ) sil5ce4 ,he  
is ( all ?+s n impossible ! mo/         
difficult1 = t only :i* comes easily c  
nev] be a portion ( our be+1 ,soon got1 
soon gone1 z ! prov]b says4 ,i %all f9d 
! d>k gr[ lum9\s1 ! void fruitful :5 ,i 
und]/& ,i h no?+1 t ! r+]s 9 ! t[] h    
appo9t$ = ! hym5 ( ! s\l a pass+ bell4  
,! la/ k has (t5 come mo/ quickly to    
turbul5t m51 & = a season br\ght new    
turbul5ce4 ,:5 life puts away h] conjur+
 tricks "o by "o1 ^? t deceive u longe/ 
may well be ! w9e-cup & ! s5sual kiss1 =
 our ,*amb]s ( ,comm]ce & ( ,commons h n
 ! div9e ar*itecture ( ! body1 nor has  
_! fr5zy be5 rip5$ by ! sun4 ,! poet1   
because he may n /& )9 ! sacr$ h\se b   
lives amid ! :irlw9ds t beset its       
?re%old1 may f9d 8 p>don4   ,,vi  ,i ?9k
 ! ,*ri/ian sa9t & h]o1 in/ead ( be+    
m]ely dissatisfi$1 make delib]ate       

sacrifice4 ,i rememb] read+ once an     
autobiography ( a man :o _h made a d>+  
j\rney 9 disguise to ,russian exiles 9  
,sib]ia1 & 8 tell+ h[1 v timid z a *ild1
 he s*ool$ himself by w&]+ at night     
?r\gh dang]\s /reets4 ,sa9t & h]o _c be 
cont5t to pass at mom5ts to t holl[     
image & aft] become _! het]og5e\s       
selves1 b w\ld always1 if !y c\ld1      
resemble ! anti!tical self4 ,!re is a   
%ad[ ( type on type1 = 9 all great      
poetical /yles !re is sa9t or h]o1 b :5 
x is all ov] ,dante c return to 8 *amb]+
 & ,%akespe>e to 8 pottle pot4 ,!y s\ght
 no impossible p]fection b :5 !y h&l$   
pap] or p>*m5t4 ,s too w sa9t or h]o1   
because he works 9 8 own fle% & blood & 
n 9 pap] or p>*m5t1 h m delib]ate       
und]/&+ ( t o!r fle% & blood4  ,"s ye>s 
ago ,i began to believe t our culture1 )
 its doctr9e ( s9c]ity &                
self-realisation1 made u g5tle &        
passive1 & t ! ,middle ,ages & !        
,r5aissance 7 "r to f\nd !irs ^u !      
imitation ( ,*ri/ or ( "s classic h]o4  

,/4 ,francis & ,caes> ,borgia made      
!mselves ov]-ma/]+1 creative p]sons by  
turn+ f ! mirror to m$itation ^u a mask4
 ,:5 ,i _h ?is ?\ght ,i c\ld see no?+   
else 9 life4 ,i c\ld n write ! play ,i  
_h plann$1 = all became allegorical1 &  
?\gh ,i tore up hundr$s ( pages 9 my    
endeav\r to escape f allegory1 my       
imag9ation became /]ile = ne>ly five    
ye>s & ,i only escap$ at la/ :5 ,i _h   
mock$ 9 a com$y my own ?\ght4 ,i 0      
always ?9k+ ( ! elem5t ( imitation 9    
/yle & 9 life1 & ( ! life beyond h]oic  
imitation4 ,i f9d 9 an old di>y3 ,i ?9k 
all happ9ess dep5ds on ! en]gy to assume
 ! mask ( "s o!r life1 on a re-bir? z   
some?+ n "o's self1 some?+ creat$ 9 a   
mom5t & p]petually r5ew$2 9 play+ a game
 l t ( a *ild :]e "o loses ! inf9ite pa9
 ( self-realisation1 9 a grotesque or   
solemn pa9t$ face put on t "o may hide f
 ! t]ror ( judgm5t4444 ,p]haps all ! s9s
 & en]gies ( ! _w are b ! _w's flight f 
an inf9ite bl9d+ beam2 & aga9 at an     
e>li] date3 ,if we _c imag9e ourselves z

 diff]5t f :at we are1 & try to assume t
 second self1 we _c impose a discipl9e  
^u ourselves ?\gh we may accept "o f    
o!rs4 ,active virtue1 z di/+ui%$ f !    
passive acceptance ( a code1 is !re=e   
!atrical1 consci\sly dramatic1 ! we>+ ( 
a mask4444 ,wordswor?1 great poet ?\gh  
he be1 is s (t5 flat & heavy p>tly      
because 8 moral s5se1 be+ a discipl9e he
 _h n creat$1 a m]e ob$i5ce1 has no     
!atrical elem5t4 ,?is increases 8       
popul>ity ) ! bett] k9d ( j\rnali/s &   
politicians :o h writt5 books4   ,,vii  
,i ?\ght ! h]o f\nd hang+ ^u "s oak (   
,dodona an anci5t mask1 :]e p]haps !re  
l+]$ some?+ ( ,egypt1 & t he *ang$ x to 
8 fancy1 t\*+ x a little "h & !re1 gild+
 ! eyebr[s or putt+ a gilt l9e :]e !    
*eekbone comes2 t :5 at la/ he look$ out
 ( its eyes he knew ano!r's brea? came &
 w5t )9 8 brea? ^u ! c>v5 lips1 & t 8   
eyes 7 ^u ! in/ant fix$ ^u a vision>y   
_w3 h[ else c\ld ! god h come to u 9 !  
=e/8 ,! good1 unle>n$ books say t ,he :o
 keeps ! di/ant />s )9 ,8 fold comes )\t

 int]m$i>y1 b ,plut>*'s precepts & !    
exp]i5ce ( old wom5 9 ,soho1 m9i/]+ _!  
wit*craft to s]vant girls at a %ill+    
apiece1 w h x t a /range liv+ man may w9
 = ,daemon an illu/ri\s dead man2 b n[  
,i add ano!r ?\ght3 ! ,daemon comes n z 
l to l b seek+ its own opposite1 = man &
 ,daemon fe$ ! hung] 9 "o ano!r's he>ts4
 ,because ! gho/ is simple1 ! man       
het]og5e\s & confus$1 !y are b knit     
toge!r :5 ! man has f\nd a mask ^:      
l9eam5ts p]mit ! expression ( all ! man 
mo/ lacks1 & x may be dreads1 & ( t     
only4  ,! m insatiable 9 all desire1 ! m
 resolute to refuse deception or an easy
 victory1 ! m close w be ! bond1 ! m    
viol5t & def9ite ! antipa?y4   ,,viii   
,i ?9k t all religi\s m5 h believ$ t !re
 is a h& n ours 9 ! ev5ts ( life1 & t1 z
 somebody says 9 ,wilhelm ,mei/]1       
accid5t is de/9y2 & ,i ?9k x 0          
,h]aclitus :o said3 ! ,daemon is our    
de/9y4 ,:5 ,i ?9k ( life z a /ruggle ) !
 ,daemon :o w\ld ev] set u to ! h>de/ "w
 among ^? n impossible1 ,i und]/& :y !re

 is a deep enmity betwe5 a man & 8      
de/9y1 & :y a man loves no?+ b 8 de/9y4 
,9 an ,anglo-,saxon poem a c]ta9 man is 
call$1 z ?\gh to call him some?+ t summ$
 up all h]oism1 ,doom eag]4 ,i am       
p]suad$ t ! ,daemon deliv]s & deceives  
u1 & t he wove t nett+ f ! />s & ?rew ! 
net f 8 %\ld]4 ,!n my imag9ation runs f 
,daemon to swee!>t1 & ,i div9e an       
analogy t evades ! intellect4 ,i rememb]
 t ,greek antiquity has bid u look = !  
pr9cipal />s1 t gov]n enemy & swee!>t   
alike1 among ^? t are ab\t to set1 9 !  
,sev5? ,h\se z ! a/rolog]s say2 & t x   
may be sexual love1 :i* is f\nd$ ^u     
spiritual hate1 is an image ( ! w>f>e ( 
man & ,daemon2 & ,i ev5 wond] if !re may
 n be "s secret communion1 "s :isp]+ 9 !
 d>k betwe5 ,daemon & swee!>t4 ,i       
rememb] h[ (t5 wom51 :5 9 love1 gr[     
sup]/iti\s1 & believe t !y c br+ _!     
lov]s good luck2 & ,i rememb] an old    
,iri% /ory ( ?ree "y m5 :o w5t seek+ =  
help 9 battle into ! h\se ( ! gods at   
,slieve-na-mon4 ,y mu/ fir/ be m>ri$1 "s

 god told !m1 because a man's good or   
evil luck comes to him ?r\gh a woman4   
,i sometimes f5ce = half-an-h\r at !    
day's end1 & :5 ,i close my eyes ^u !   
pill[ ,i see a foil play+ be=e me1 !    
button to my face4 ,we meet always 9 !  
deep ( ! m9d1 :atev] our "w1 :]ev] our  
rev]ie c>ries u1 t o!r ,w4   ,,ix  ,!   
poet f9ds & makes 8 mask 9 disappo9tm5t1
 ! h]o 9 defeat4 ,! desire t is satisfi$
 is n a great desire1 nor has ! %\ld]   
us$ all its might t an unbreakable gate 
has nev] /ra9$4 ,! sa9t alone is n      
deceiv$1 nei!r ?ru/+ ) 8 %\ld] nor hold+
 out unsatisfi$ h&s4 ,he w\ld climb )\t 
w&]+ to ! anti!tical self ( ! _w1 !     
,indian n>r[+ 8 ?\ght 9 m$itation or    
driv+ x away 9 contemplation1 ! ,*ri/ian
 copy+ ,*ri/1 ! anti!tical self ( !     
classic _w4 ,= a h]o loves ! _w till x  
breaks him1 & ! poet till x has brok5   
fai?2 b :ile ! _w 0 yet debonair1 ! sa9t
 has turn$ away1 & because he r5\nc$    
,exp]i5ce itself1 he w we> 8 mask z he  
f9ds x4 ,! poet or ! h]o1 no matt] ^u   

:at b>k !y f\nd _! mask1 s teem+ _!     
fancy1 some:at *ange its l9eam5ts1 b !  
sa9t1 ^: life is b a r\nd ( cu/om>y     
duty1 ne$s no?+ ! :ole _w does n ne$1 & 
day by day he sc\rges 9 8 body ! ,roman 
& ,*ri/ian conqu]ors3 ,alex&] & ,caes>  
are fami%$ 9 8 cell4 ,8 nativity is     
nei!r 9 disappo9tm5t nor 9 defeat1 b 9 a
 temptation l t ( ,*ri/ 9 ! ,wild]ness1 
a contemplation 9 a s+le in/ant         
p]petually r5ew$ ( ! ,k+dom ( ! ,_w2    
all1 because all r5\nc$1 cont9ually     
pres5t %[+ _! empty ?rones4 ,edw9       
,ellis1 rememb]+ t ,*ri/ also measur$ ! 
sacrifice1 imag9$ himself 9 a f9e poem z
 meet+ at ,golgo?a ! phantom ( ,*ri/ !  
,less1 ! ,*ri/ :o might h liv$ a        
prosp]\s life )\t ! k ( s91 & :o n[ w&]s
 companionless a we>y spectre day &     
night4    ,i saw him g & cri$ to him    
',eli1 ?\ ha/ =sak5 me4'   ,! nails 7   
burn+ ?r\gh ea* limb1   ,he fl$ to f9d  
felicity4  ,& yet is ! sa9t sp>$1       
despite 8 m>tyr's cr[n & 8 vigil (      
desire1 defeat1 disappo9t$ love1 & !    

sorr[ ( p>t+4    ,o ,night1 t did'/ lead
 ?us1   ,o ,night1 m lovely ?an ! dawn (
 light1   ,o ,night1 t br\ghte/ u       
,lov] to lov]'s sight1   ,lov] ) lov$ 9 
m>riage ( delight6    ,^u my fl[]y      
brea/1   ,:olly = him1 & save himself = 
none1   ,!re did ,i give sweet re/   ,to
 my belov$ "o2   ,! fann+ ( ! c$>s      
brea!d !reon4    ,:5 ! fir/ morn+ air   
,blew f ! t[]1 & wav$ 8 locks aside1    
,8 h&1 ) g5tle c>e1   ,did w\nd me 9 !  
side1   ,& 9 my body all my s5ses di$4  
,all ?+s ,i !n =got1   ,my *eek on him  
:o = my com+ came2   ,all ceas$ & ,i 0  
n1   ,leav+ my c>es & %ame   ,among !   
lilies1 & =gett+ !m4#a   ,x  ,x is n    
p]mitt$ to a man1 :o takes up p5 or     
*isel1 to seek orig9ality1 = passion is 
8 only bus9ess1 & he _c b m\ld or s+    
aft] a new fa%ion because no disa/] is l
 ano!r4 ,he is l ^? phantom lov]s 9 !   
,japanese play :o1 compell$ to w&] side 
by side & nev] m+le1 cry3 ,we nei!r wake
 nor sleep & pass+ our nights 9 a sorr[ 
:i* is 9 ! end a vision1 :at are ^!     

sc5es ( spr+ to u8 ,if :5 we h f\nd a   
mask we fancy t x w n mat* our mood till
 we h t\*$ ) gold ! *eek1 we d x        
furtively1 & only :]e ! oaks ( ,dodona  
ca/ _! deepe/ %ad[1 = c\ld he see our   
h&iwork ! ,daemon w\ld fl+ himself out1 
be+ our enemy4   ,,xi  ,_m ye>s ago ,i  
saw1 betwe5 sleep+ & wak+1 a woman (    
incr$ible beauty %oot+ an arr[ into !   
sky1 & f ! mom5t :5 ,i made my fir/     
guess at h] mean+ ,i h ?\ght mu* ( !    
diff]5ce betwe5 ! w9d+ movem5t ( nature 
& ! /raight l9e1 :i* is call$ 9         
,balzac's ,s]aphita ! ,m>k ( ,man1 b    
comes clos] to my mean+ z ! m>k ( sa9t  
or sage4 ,i ?9k t we :o are poets &     
arti/s1 n be+ p]mitt$ to %oot beyond !  
tangible1 mu/ g f desire to we>9ess & s 
to desire aga91 & live b = ! mom5t :5   
vision comes to our we>9ess l t]rible   
lightn+1 9 ! humility ( ! brutes4 ,i d n
 d\bt ^? heav+ circles1 ^? w9d+ arcs1   
:e!r 9 "o man's life or 9 t ( an age1   
are ma!matical1 & t "s 9 ! _w1 or beyond
 ! _w1 h =ekn[n ! ev5t & prick$ ^u !    

cal5d> ! life-span ( a ,*ri/1 a ,buddha1
 a ,napoleon3 t e movem5t1 9 feel+ or 9 
?\ght1 prep>es 9 ! d>k by its own       
increas+ cl>ity & confid5ce its own     
execution]4 ,we seek reality ) ! sl[    
toil ( our weakness & are smitt5 f !    
b\ndless & ! un=ese54 ,only :5 we are   
sa9t or sage1 & r5\nce ,exp]i5ce itself1
 c we1 9 ! language ( ! ,*ri/ian        
,caballa1 leave ! sudd5 lightn+ & ! pa? 
( ! s]p5t & become ! b[man :o aims 8    
arr[ at ! c5tre ( ! sun4   ,,xii  ,!    
doctors ( m$ic9e h discov]$ t c]ta9     
dreams ( ! night1 = ,i d n grant !m all1
 are ! day's unfulfill$ desire1 & t our 
t]ror ( desires condemn$ by ! consci5ce 
has di/ort$ & di/urb$ our dreams4 ,!y h 
only /udi$ ! break+ into dream ( elem5ts
 t h rema9$ unsatisfi$ )\t purify+      
disc\ragem5t4 ,we c satisfy 9 life a few
 ( our passions & ea* passion b a       
little1 & our *>act]s inde$ b diff]     
because no two m5 b>ga9 alike4 ,! b>ga91
 ! compromise1 is always ?reat5$1 & :5 x
 is brok5 we become mad or hy/]ical or  

are 9 "s way delud$2 & s :5 a />v$ or   
bani%$ passion %[s 9 a dream we1 be=e   
awak+1 break ! logic t _h giv5 x !      
capacity ( action & ?r[ x into *aos     
aga94 ,b ! passions1 :5 we "k t !y _c   
f9d fulfilm5t1 become vision2 & a       
vision1 :e!r we wake or sleep1 prolongs 
its p[] by rhy?m & patt]n1 ! :eel :]e ! 
_w is butt]fly4 ,we ne$ no protection1 b
 x does1 = if we become int]e/$ 9       
ourselves1 9 our own lives1 we pass out 
( ! vision4 ,:e!r x is we or ! vision t 
create ! patt]n1 :o set ! :eel turn+1 x 
is h>d to say1 b c]ta9ly we h a hundr$  
ways ( keep+ x ne> u3 we select our     
images f pa/ times1 we turn f our own   
age & try to feel ,*auc] ne>] ?an !     
daily pap]4 ,x compels u to cov] all x  
_c incorporate1 & w\ld c>ry u :5 x comes
 9 sleep to t mom5t :5 ev5 sleep closes 
h] eyes & dreams beg9 to dream2 & we are
 tak5 up into a cle> light & are =getful
 ev5 ( our own names & actions & yet 9  
p]fect possession ( ourselves murmur l  
,fau/1 ,/ay1 mom5t1 & murmur 9 va94     

,,xiii  ,a poet1 :5 he is gr[+ old1 w   
ask himself if he _c keep 8 mask & 8    
vision )\t new bitt]ness1 new           
disappo9tm5t4 ,c\ld he if he w\ld1 kn[+ 
h[ frail 8 vig\r f y\? up1 copy ,l&or :o
 liv$ lov+ & hat+1 ridicul\s &          
unconqu]$1 into extreme old age1 all lo/
 b ! fav\r ( 8 muses4    ,! "m ( ! muses
 we are taught   ,is memory2 %e has left
 me2 !y rema9   ,& %ake my %\ld] urg+ me
 to s+4  ,surely1 he may ?9k1 n[ t ,i h 
f\nd vision & mask ,i ne$ n suff] any   
long]4 ,he w buy p]haps "s small old    
h\se :]e l ,ario/o he c dig 8 g>d51 &   
?9k t 9 ! return ( birds & leaves1 or   
moon & sun1 & 9 ! ev5+ flight ( ! rooks 
he may discov] rhy?m & patt]n l ^? 9    
sleep & s nev] awake out ( vision4 ,!n  
he w rememb] ,wordswor? )]+ into eighty 
ye>s1 hon\r$ & empty-witt$1 & climb to  
"s wa/e room & f9d1 =gott5 !re by y\?1  
"s bitt] cru/4  ,febru>y #be1 #aiag4    
,,anima ,,mundi   ,i  ,i h always s\ght 
to br+ my m9d close to ! m9d ( ,indian &
 ,japanese poets1 old wom5 9 ,connaught1

 m$iums 9 ,soho1 lay bro!rs :om ,i      
imag9e dream+ 9 "s m$iaeval mona/]y !   
dreams ( _! village1 le>n$ au?ors :o    
ref] all to antiquity2 to imm]se x 9 !  
g5]al m9d :]e t m9d is sc>ce sep>able f 
:at we h begun to call ! subconsci\s2 to
 lib]ate x f all t comes ( c\ncils &    
committees1 f ! _w z x is se5 f         
univ]sities or f popul\s t[ns2 & t ,i   
might s believe ,i h murmur$ evocations 
& frequ5t$ m$iums1 delight$ 9 all t     
display$ great problems ?r\gh s5su\s    
images1 or excit+ phrases1 accept+ f    
ab/ract s*ools b a few te*nical words t 
are s old !y seem b brok5 ar*itraves    
fall5 amid bramble & grass1 & h put     
myself to s*ool :]e all ?+s are se53 ,a 
,t5$o ,tacitae p] ,amica ,sil5tia       
,lunae4 ,at "o "t ,i ?\ght to prove my  
conclusions by quot+ f di>ies :]e ,i h  
record$ c]ta9 /range ev5ts ! mom5t !y   
happ5$1 b n[ ,i h *ang$ my m9d--,i w b  
say l ! ,arab boy t became ,vizi]3 ,o   
bro!r1 ,i h tak5 /ock 9 ! des]t s& & ( !
 say+s ( antiquity4   ,,ii  ,!re is a   

lett] ( ,goe!'s1 ?\gh ,i _c rememb] :]e1
 t expla9s evocation1 ?\gh he 0 b ?9k+ (
 lit]ature4 ,he describ$ "s fri5d :o _h 
compla9$ ( lit]>y /]ility z too         
intellig5t4 ,"o mu/ all[ ! images to =m 
) all _! associations be=e "o           
criticises4 ,if "o is critical too soon1
 he wrote1 !y w n =m at all4 ,if y      
susp5d ! critical faculty1 ,i h         
discov]$1 ei!r z ! result ( tra9+1 or1  
if y h ! gift1 by pass+ into a slight   
trance1 images pass rapidly be=e y4 ,if 
y c susp5d also desire1 & let !m =m at  
_! own w1 y\r absorption becomes m      
complete & !y are m cle> 9 col\r1 m     
precise 9 articulation1 & y & !y beg9 to
 move 9 ! mid/ ( :at seems a p[]ful     
light4 ,b ! images pass be=e y l9k$ by  
c]ta9 associations1 & inde$ 9 ! fir/    
in/ance y h call$ !m up by _!           
association ) traditional =ms & s\nds4  
,y h discov]$ h[1 if y c b susp5d w &   
intellect1 to br+ up f ! subconsci\s    
any?+ y already possess a fragm5t (4 ,^?
 :o foll[ ! old rule keep _! bodies /ill

 & _! m9ds awake & cle>1 dread+         
especially any confusion betwe5 ! images
 ( ! m9d & ! objects ( s5se2 !y seek to 
become1 z x 71 poli%$ mirrors4  ,i _h no
 natural gift = ?is cle> quiet1 z ,i    
soon discov]$1 = my m9d is abnormally   
re/less2 & ,i 0 seldom delight$ by t    
sudd5 lum9\s def9ition ( =m :i* makes "o
 und]/& almo/ 9 spite ( oneself t "o is 
n m]ely imag9+4 ,i !re=e inv5t$ a new   
process4 ,i _h f\nd t aft] evocation my 
sleep became at mom5ts full ( light &   
=m1 all t ,i _h fail$ to f9d :ile awake2
 & ,i elaborat$ a symbolism ( natural   
objects t ,i might give myself dreams   
dur+ sleep1 or r visions1 = !y _h none (
 ! confusion ( dreams1 by lay+ ^u my    
pill[ or beside my b$ c]ta9 fl[]s or    
leaves4 ,ev5 to-day1 aft] tw5ty ye>s1 ! 
exaltations & ! messages t came to me f 
bits ( haw?orn or "s o!r plant seem (   
all mom5ts ( my life ! happie/ & !      
wise/4 ,aft] a "t1 p]haps because !     
novelty we>+ (f ! symbol lo/ its p[]1 or
 because my "w at ! ,iri% ,!atre became 

too excit+1 my sleep lo/ its            
responsiv5ess4 ,i _h fell[-s*ol>s1 & n[ 
x 0 ,i & n[ !y :o made "s discov]y4     
,be=e ! m9d's eye1 :e!r 9 sleep or wak+1
 came images t "o 0 to discov] pres5tly 
9 "s book "o _h nev] read1 & aft] look+ 
9 va9 = explanation to ! curr5t !ory (  
=gott5 p]sonal memory1 ,i came to       
believe 9 a great memory pass+ on f     
g5]ation to g5]ation4 ,b t 0 n en\gh1 = 
^! images %[$ int5tion & *oice4 ,!y _h a
 relation to :at "o knew & yet 7 an     
ext5sion ( "o's k4 ,if no m9d 0 !re1 :y 
%\ld ,i sudd5ly come ^u salt & antimony1
 ^u ! liquefaction ( ! gold1 z !y 7     
und]/ood by ! al*emi/s1 or ^u "s detail 
( cabali/ic symbolism v]ifi$ at la/ by a
 le>n$ s*ol> f 8 nev]-publi%$           
manuscripts1 & :o c h put toge!r s      
+5i\sly1 work+ by "s law ( association &
 yet ) cle> int5tion & p]sonal          
application1 c]ta9 my?ological images4  
,!y _h %[n !mselves to sev]al m9ds1 a   
fragm5t at a "t1 & _h only %[n _! mean+ 
:5 ! puzzle picture _h be5 put toge!r4  

,! ?\ght 0 aga9 & aga9 be=e me t ?is    
/udy _h creat$ a contact or m+l+ ) m9ds 
:o _h foll[$ a l /udy 9 "s o!r age1 & t 
^! m9ds /ill saw & ?\ght & *ose4 ,our   
daily ?\ght 0 c]ta9ly b ! l9e ( foam at 
! %all[ edge ( a va/ lum9\s sea3 ,h5ry  
,m's ,anima ,mundi1 ,wordswor?'s        
immortal sea :i* br\ght u hi!r 444 & ne>
 ^: edge ! *ildr5 sport1 & 9 t sea !re 7
 "s :o swam or sail$1 explor]s :o p]haps
 knew all its %ores4   ,,iii  ,i _h     
always to compel myself to fix !        
imag9ation ^u ! m9ds beh9d !            
p]sonifications1 & yet ! p]sonifications
 7 !mselves liv+ & vivid4 ,! m9ds t     
sway$ ^! seem+ly fluid images _h        
d\btless =m1 & ^? images !mselves seem$1
 z x 71 mirror$ 9 a liv+ sub/ance ^: =m 
is b *ange ( =m4 ,f tradition &         
p]ception1 "o ?\ght ( "o's own life z   
symbolis$ by e>?1 ! place ( het]og5e\s  
?+s1 ! images z mirror$ 9 wat] & !      
images !mselves "o c\ld div9e b z air2 &
 beyond x all !re 01 ,i felt confid5t1  
c]ta9 aims & gov]n+ loves1 ! fire t     

makes all simple4 ,yet ! images !mselves
 7 f\rfold1 & "o judg$ _! mean+ 9 "p f !
 pr$om9ance ( "o out ( ! f\r elem5ts1 or
 t ( ! fif? elem5t1 ! veil hid+ ano!r   
f\r1 a bird born out ( ! fire4   ,,iv   
,i long$ to "k some?+ ev5 if x 7 b !    
family & ,*ri/ian names ( ^? m9ds t ,i  
c\ld div9e1 & t yet rema9$ always z x   
seem$ imp]sonal4 ,! s5se ( contact came 
p]haps b two or ?ree times ) cle>ness & 
c]ta9ty1 b x left among all to :om x    
came "s trace1 a sudd5 sil5ce1 z x 71 9 
! mid/ ( ?\ght or p]haps at mom5ts (    
crisis a fa9t voice4 ,7 our ma/]s "r :5 
!y decl>$ s solidly t we %\ld be cont5t 
to "k ^! pres5ces t seem$ fri5dly & ne> 
b z ! phantom 9 ,col]idge's poem1 & to  
?9k ( !m p]haps1 z hav+1 z ,/4 ,?omas   
says1 ent]$ ^u ! et]nal possession (    
!mselves 9 "o s+le mom5t8    ,all look &
 lik5ess caught f e>?1   ,all accid5t ( 
k9 & bir?1   ,_h pass$ away4 ,!re 0 no  
trace   ,( ought on t illum9$ face1     
,uprais$ b5ea? ! rift$ /one1   ,b ( "o  
_s all h] own2   ,%e1 %e h]self & only  

%e1   ,%one ?r\gh h] body visibly4   ,v 
,"o night ,i he>d a voice t said3 ,!    
love ( ,god = e human s\l is inf9ite1 = 
e human s\l is unique2 no o!r c satisfy 
! same ne$ 9 ,god4 ,our ma/]s _h n d5i$ 
t p]sonality outlives ! body or ev5 t   
its r\gh] %ape may cl+ to u a :ile aft] 
dea?1 b only t we %\ld seek x 9 ^? :o   
are dead4 ,yet :5 ,i w5t among ! c\ntry 
p1 ,i f\nd t !y s\ght & f\nd ! old      
fragilities1 infirmities1 physiognomies 
t liv+ /irr$ affection4 ,! ,spiddal     
kn[l$geable man1 :o _h 8 k f 8 si/]'s   
gho/1 notic$ e hall[e'en1 :5 he met h]  
at ! end ( ! g>d51 t h] hair 0 grey]4   
,_h %e p]haps to exhau/ h] allott$ ye>s 
9 ! neighb\rhood ( h] home1 hav+ di$    
be=e h] "t8 ,because no au?ority seem$  
great] ?an t ( ?is k runn+ backw>d to ! 
beg9n+ ( ! _w1 ,i began t /udy (        
spiritism s despis$ by ,/anislas de     
,gaeta1 ! "o eloqu5t le>n$ s*ol> :o has 
writt5 ( magic 9 our g5]ation4   ,,vi   
,i "k mu* t ,i c\ld nev] h kn[n _h ,i n 
le>nt to consid] 9 ! aft] life :at1 !re 

z "h1 is r\gh & disjo9t$2 nor h ,i f\nd 
t ! m$iums 9 ,connaught & ,soho h any?+ 
,i _c f9d "s light on 9 ,h5ry ,m1 :o 0  
call$ dur+ 8 life ! holie/ man n[ walk+ 
^u ! e>?4  ,all s\ls h a vehicle or     
body1 & :5 "o has said t1 ) ,m & !      
,platoni/s "o has escap$ f ! ab/ract    
s*ools :o seek always ! p[] ( "s *ur* or
 in/itution1 & f\nd oneself ) great     
poetry1 & sup]/ition :i* is b popul>    
poetry1 9 a pleasant dang]\s _w4 ,beauty
 is inde$ b bodily life 9 "s ideal      
condition4 ,! vehicle ( ! human s\l is  
:at us$ to be call$ ! animal spirits1 & 
,h5ry ,m quotes f ,hippocrates ?is      
s5t5ce3 ,! m9d ( man is 444 n n\ri%$ f  
meats & dr9ks f ! belly1 b by a cle>    
lum9\s sub/ance t r$\nds by sep>ation f 
! blood4 ,^! animal spirits fill up all 
p>ts ( ! body & make up ! body ( air1 z 
c]ta9 writ]s ( ! sev5te5? c5tury h call$
 x4 ,! s\l has a pla/ic p[]1 & c aft]   
dea?1 or dur+ life1 %\ld ! vehicle leave
 ! body = a :ile1 m\ld x to any %ape x w
 by an act ( imag9ation1 ?\gh ! m unlike

 to ! habitual t %ape is1 ! great] !    
ef=t4 ,to liv+ & dead alike1 ! purity & 
abundance ( ! animal spirits are a *ief 
p[]4 ,! s\l c m\ld f ^! an app>ition    
clo!d z if 9 life1 & make x visible by  
%[+ x to our m9d's eye1 or by build+    
into its sub/ance c]ta9 p>ticles drawn f
 ! body ( a m$ium till x is z visible & 
tangible z any o!r object4 ,to help t   
build+ ! anci5ts (f]$ fragrant gum1 !   
od\r ( fl[]s1 & x may be pieces ( virg9 
wax4 ,! half mat]ialis$ vehicle sl[ly   
exudes f ! sk9 9 dull lum9\s drops or   
cond5ses f a lum9\s cl\d1 ! light fad+ z
 weight & d5sity increase4 ,! wit*1 go+ 
beyond ! m$ium1 (f]$ to ! sl[ly animat+ 
phantom c]ta9 drops ( h] blood4 ,!      
vehicle once sep>ate f ! liv+ man or    
woman may be m\ld$ by ! s\ls ( o!rs z   
readily z by its own s\l1 & ev5 x seems 
by ! s\ls ( ! liv+4 ,x becomes a "p = a 
:ile ( t /ream ( images :i* ,i h comp>$ 
to reflections ^u wat]4 ,b h[ does x    
foll[ t s\ls :o nev] h h&l$ ! modell+   
tool or ! bru%1 make p]fect images8 ,^? 

mat]ialisations :o impr9t _! p[]ful     
faces ^u p>aff9 wax1 leave !re sculpture
 t w\ld h tak5 a good arti/1 mak+ &     
imag9+1 _m h\rs4 ,h[ did x foll[ t an   
ignorant woman c\ld1 z ,h5ry ,m believ$1
 project h] vehicle 9 s good a lik5ess (
 a h>e1 t horse & h\nd & huntsman foll[$
 ) ! bugle bl[+8 ,is n ! problem ! same 
z ( ^? f9ely articulat$ sc5es & patt]ns 
t come out ( ! d>k1 seem+ly complet$ 9 !
 w9k+ ( an eye1 z we are ly+ half       
asleep1 & ( all ^? elaborate images t   
drift 9 mom5ts ( inspiration or         
evocation be=e ! m9d's eye8 ,our animal 
spirits or vehicles are b z x 7 a       
cond5sation ( ! vehicle ( ,anima ,mundi1
 & give sub/ance to its images 9 ! fa9t 
mat]ialisation ( our common ?\ght1 or m 
grossly :5 a gho/ is our visitor4 ,x    
%\ld be no great feat1 once ^? images h 
dipp$ into our vehicle1 to take _!      
portraits 9 ! photographic cam]a4 ,h5ry 
,m w h x t a h5 sc>$ by a hawk :5 ! cock
 is tread+1 hat*es out a hawkhead$ *ick5
 7,i am no /ickl] = ! fact71 because    

be=e ! s\l ( ! unborn bird c\ld give !  
%ape ! deeply impassion$ fancy ( ! "m   
call$ f ! g5]al ci/]n ( =m a compet+    
image4 ,! s\l ( ! _w1 he runs on1       
int]poses & ins9uates into all g5]ations
 ( ?+s :ile ! matt] is fluid & yield+1  
:i* w\ld induce a man to believe t %e   
may n /& idle 9 ! trans=mation ( !      
vehicle ( ! daemons1 b assi/ ! fancies &
 desires1 & s help to clo! !m & to utt] 
!m accord+ to _! own pleasures2 or x may
 be sometimes aga9/ _! wills z !        
unwield9ess ( ! "m's fancy =ces ^u h] a 
mon/r\s bir?4 ,?\gh images appe> to fl[ 
& drift1 x may be t we b *ange 9 our    
relation to !m1 n[ los+1 n[ f9d+ ) !    
%ift+ ( our m9ds2 & c]ta9ly ,h5ry ,m    
speaks by ! book1 claim+ t ^? images may
 be h>d to ! "r t\* z pill>s ( cry/al & 
z solidly col\r$ z our own to ! "r eyes4
 ,%elley1 a good ,platoni/1 seems 9 8   
e>lie/ "w to set ?is g5]al s\l 9 ! place
 ( ,god1 an op9ion1 "o may f9d f ,m's   
fri5d ,cudwor? n[ affirm$1 n[ combat$1  
by classic au?ority2 b ,m w\ld /eady u )

 a def9ition4 ,! g5]al s\l z ap>t f its 
vehicle is a sub/ance incorporeal b )\t 
s5se & animadv]sion p]vad+ ! :ole matt] 
( ! univ]se & ex]cis+ a pla/ic p[] !re91
 accord+ to ! sundry pr$ispositions &   
occasions1 9 ! p>ts x works ^u1 rais+   
su* ph5om5a 9 ! _w1 by direct+ ! p>ts ( 
! matt] & _! motion z _c be resolv$ into
 m]e me*anical p[]s4 ,i mu/ assume t    
s5se & animadv]sion1 p]ception &        
direction1 are always faculties (       
individual s\l1 & t1 z ,blake said1 ,god
 only acts or is 9 exi/+ be+s or m54    
,,vii  ,! old !ological conception ( !  
individual s\l z bodiless or ab/ract l$ 
to :at ,h5ry ,m calls contradictory     
debate z to h[ _m angels c\ld dance     
boot$ & spurr$ ^u ! po9t ( a ne$le1 &   
made x possible = rationali/ physiology 
to p]suade u t our ?\ght has no         
corporeal exi/5ce b 9 ! molecules ( !   
bra94 ,%elley 0 ( op9ion t ! ?\ghts :i* 
are call$ real or ext]nal objects diff]$
 b 9 regul>ity ( occurr5ce f            
halluc9ations1 dreams & ideas ( madm51 &

 notic$ t he _h dream$1 !re=e less5+ !  
diff]5ce1 ?ree sev]al times betwe5      
int]vals ( two or m ye>s ! same precise 
dream4 ,if all our m5tal images no less 
?an app>itions 7& ,i see no reason to   
di/+ui%7 are =ms exi/+ 9 ! g5]al vehicle
 ( ,anima ,mundi1 & mirror$ 9 our       
p>ticul> vehicle1 _m crook$ ?+s are made
 /raight4 ,i am p]suad$ t a logical     
process1 or a s]ies ( relat$ images1 has
 body & p]iod1 & ,i ?9k ( ,anima ,mundi 
z a great pool or g>d5 :]e x spreads    
?r\gh allott$ gr[? l a great wat] plant 
or bran*es m fragrantly 9 ! air4 ,inde$ 
z ,sp5s]'s ,g>d5 ( ,adonis3             
,!re is ! fir/ sem9>y   ,( all ?+s t are
 born to live & die   ,accord+ to _!    
kynds4  ,! s\l by *anges ( vital        
congruity1 ,m says1 draws to x a c]ta9  
?\ght1 & ?is ?\ght draws by its         
association ! sequ5ce ( _m ?\ghts1 end[+
 !m ) a life 9 ! vehicle met$ out       
accord+ to ! int5sity ( ! fir/          
p]ception4 ,a se$ is set gr[+1 & ?is    
gr[? may g on ap>t f ! p[]1 ap>t ev5 f !

 k ( ! s\l4 ,if ,i wi% to transf] a     
?\ght ,i may ?9k1 let u say1 (          
,c9d]ella's slipp]1 & my subject may see
 an old woman com+ out ( a *imney2 or   
go+ to sleep ,i may wi% to wake at sev5 
o'clock &1 ?\gh ,i nev] ?9k ( x aga91 ,i
 %all wake ^u ! in/ant4 ,! ?\ght has    
complet$ itself1 c]ta9 acts ( logic1    
turns1 & knots 9 ! /em h be5 accompli%$ 
out ( sight & out ( rea* z x 74 ,we are 
always />t+ ^! p>asitic vegetables &    
lett+ !m coil beyond our k1 & may       
become1 l t lady 9 ,balzac :o1 aft] a   
life ( sanctity1 plans ^u h] dea?b$ to  
fly ) h] r5\nc$ lov]4 ,aft] dea? a      
dream1 a desire %e _h p]haps ceas$ to   
believe 91 p]haps ceas$ almo/ to        
rememb]1 mu/ h recurr$ aga9 & aga9 ) its
 angui% & its happ9ess4 ,we c only      
refuse to />t ! w&]+ sequ5ce or1 if />t 
x does1 hold x 9 ! intellectual light   
:]e "t gallops1 & s keep x f slipp+ d[n 
into ! sluggi% vehicle4 ,! toil ( ! liv+
 is to free !mselves f an endless       
sequ5ce ( objects1 & t ( ! dead to free 

!mselves f an endless sequ5ce ( ?\ghts4 
,"o sequ5ce begets ano!r1 & ^! h p[]    
because ( all ^? ?+s we d1 n = _! own   
sake b = an imag9$ good4   ,,viii       
,spiritism1 :e!r ( folk-lore or ( !     
seance room1 ! visions ( ,sw$5borg1 & ! 
speculation ( ! ,platoni/s & ,japanese  
plays1 w h x t we may see at c]ta9 roads
 & 9 c]ta9 h\ses old murd]s act$ ov]    
aga91 & 9 c]ta9 fields dead huntsm5 rid+
 ) horse & h\nd1 or anci5t armies fight+
 above bones or a%es4 ,we c>ry to ,anima
 ,mundi our memory1 & t memory is = a "t
 our ext]nal _w2 & all passionate mom5ts
 recur aga9 & aga91 = passion desires   
its own recurr5ce m ?an any ev5t1 &     
:atev] !re is ( correspond+ complac5cy  
or remorse is our beg9n+ ( judgm5t2 nor 
d we rememb] only ! ev5ts ( life1 =     
?\ghts br$ ( long+ & ( fe>1 all ^?      
p>asitic vegetables t h slipp$ ?r\gh our
 f+]s1 come aga9 l a rope's end to smite
 u ^u ! face2 & z ,cornelius ,agrippa   
writes3 ,we may dream ourselves to be   
consum$ 9 flame & p]secut$ by daemons1 &

 c]ta9 spirits h compla9$ t !y w\ld be  
h>d put to x to ar\se ^? :o di$1 believ+
 !y c\ld n awake till a trumpet %rill$4 
,a gho/ 9 a ,japanese play is set afire 
by a fanta/ic scruple1 & ?\gh a ,buddhi/
 prie/ expla9s t ! fire w\ld g out (    
itself if ! gho/ b ceas$ to believe 9 x1
 x _c cease to believe4 ,cornelius      
,agrippa call$ su* dream+ s\ls          
hobgobl9s1 & :5 ,hamlet refus$ ! b>e    
bodk9 because ( :at dreams may come1 x 0
 f no m]e lit]>y fancy4 ,! s\l c inde$1 
x appe>s1 *ange ^! objects built ab\t u 
by ! memory1 z x may *ange its %ape2 b !
 great] ! *ange1 ! great] ! ef=t & !    
soon] ! return to ! habitual images4    
,d\btless 9 ei!r case ! ef=t is (t5     
beyond its p[]4 ,ye>s ago ,i 0 pres5t :5
 a woman consult$ ,madame ,blavatsky = a
 fri5d :o saw h] newly-dead husb&       
nightly z a decay+ corpse & smelt ! od\r
 ( ! grave4 ,:5 he 0 dy+1 said ,madame  
,blavatsky1 he ?\ght ! grave ! end1 & n[
 t he is dead _c ?r[ (f t imag9ation4 ,a
 ,brahm9 once told an actress fri5d (   

m9e t he dislik$ act+1 because if a man 
di$ play+ ,hamlet1 he w\ld be ,hamlet 9 
et]nity4 ,yet aft] a "t ! s\l p>tly     
frees itself & becomes ! %ape *ang] ( ! 
leg5ds1 & c ca/1 l ! m$iaeval magician1 
:at illusions x w\ld4 ,!re is an ,iri%  
c\ntryman 9 "o ( ,lady ,gregory's books 
:o _h eat5 ) a /rang] on ! road1 & "s   
:ile lat] vomit$1 to discov] he _h b    
eat5 *opp$ up grass4 ,"o ?9ks1 too1 ( ! 
spirits t %[ !mselves 9 ! images ( wild 
creatures4   ,,ix  ,! dead1 z !         
passionate necessity we>s out1 come into
 a measure ( fre$om & may turn ! impulse
 ( ev5ts1 />t$ :ile liv+1 9 "s new      
direction1 b !y _c orig9ate except ?r\gh
 ! liv+4 ,!n gradually !y p]ceive1      
al?\gh !y are /ill b liv+ 9 _! memories1
 h>monies1 symbols1 & patt]ns1 z ?\gh   
all 7 be+ refa%ion$ by an arti/1 & !y   
are mov$ by emotions1 sweet = no imag9$ 
good b 9 !mselves1 l ^? ( *ildr5 danc+ 9
 a r+2 & ,i d n d\bt t !y make love 9 t 
union :i* ,sw$5borg has said is ( ! :ole
 body & seems f f> (f an inc&esc5ce4    

,hi!rto %ade has communicat$ ) %ade 9   
mom5ts ( common memory t recur l !      
figures ( a dance 9 t]ror or 9 joy1 b n[
 !y run toge!r l to l1 & _! ,cov5s &    
,fleets h rhy?m & patt]n4 ,?is runn+    
toge!r & runn+ ( all to a c5tre & yet   
)\t loss ( id5tity1 has be5 prep>$ = by 
_! exploration ( _! moral life1 ( its   
b5efici>ies & its victims1 & ev5 ( all  
its untrodd5 pa?s1 & all _! ?\ghts h    
m\ld$ ! vehicle & become ev5t &         
circum/ance4   ,x  ,!re are two         
realities1 ! t]re/rial & ! condition (  
fire4 ,all p[] is f ! t]re/rial         
condition1 = !re all opposites meet &   
!re only is ! extreme ( *oice possible1 
full fre$om4 ,& !re ! het]og5e\s is1 &  
evil1 = evil is ! /ra9 "o ^u ano!r (    
opposites2 b 9 ! condition ( fire is all
 music & all re/4 ,betwe5 is ! condition
 ( air :]e images h b a borr[$ life1 t (
 memory or t reflect$ ^u !m :5 !y       
symbolise col\rs & int5sities ( fire1 ! 
place ( %ades :o are 9 ! :irl ( ^? :o   
are fad+1 & :o cry l ^? amor\s %ades 9 !

 ,japanese play3       ,t we may acquire
 p[]   ,ev5 9 our fa9t sub/ance1   ,we w
 %[ =? ev5 n[1   ,& ?\gh x be b 9 a     
dream1   ,our =m ( rep5tance4  ,aft] s  
_m rhy?mic beats ! s\l mu/ cease to     
desire its images1 & c1 z x 71 close its
 eyes4  ,:5 all sequ5ce comes to an end1
 "t comes to an end1 & ! s\l puts on !  
rhy?mic or spiritual body or lum9\s body
 & contemplates all ! ev5ts ( its memory
 & e possible impulse 9 an et]nal       
possession ( itself 9 "o s+le mom5t4 ,t 
condition is alone animate1 all ! re/ is
 phantasy1 & f !nce come all ! passions1
 & "s h held1 ! v heat ( ! body4    ,"t 
drops 9 decay1   ,l a c&le burnt out1   
,& ! m\nta9s & ! woods   ,h _! day1 h _!
 day4   ,:at "o1 9 ! r\t   ,( !         
fire-born moods1   ,has fall5 away8     
,,xi  ,! s\l _c h mu* k till x has %ak5 
(f ! habit ( "t & ( place1 b till t h\r 
x mu/ fix its att5tion ^u :at is ne>1   
?9k+ ( objects "o aft] ano!r z we run ! 
eye or ! f+] ov] !m4 ,its intellectual  
p[] _c b increase & alt] z its          

p]ceptions gr[ simultane\s4 ,yet ev5 n[ 
we seem at mom5ts to escape f "t 9 :at  
we call prevision1 & f place :5 we see  
di/ant ?+s 9 a dream & 9 concurr5t      
dreams4 ,a c\ple ( ye>s ago1 :ile 9     
m$itation1 my head seem$ surr\nd$ by a  
conv5tional sun's rays1 & :5 ,i w5t to  
b$ ,i _h a long dream ( a woman ) h]    
hair on fire4 ,i awoke & lit a c&le1 &  
discov]$ pres5tly f ! od\r t 9 do+ s ,i 
_h set my own hair on fire4 ,i dream$ v 
lately t ,i 0 writ+ a /ory1 & at ! same 
"t ,i dream$ t ,i 0 "o ( ! *>act]s 9 t  
/ory & seek+ to t\* ! he>t ( "s girl 9  
defiance ( ! au?or's int5tion2 &        
concurr5tly ) all t1 ,i 0 z ano!r self  
try+ to /rike ) ! button ( a foil a     
great *9a j>4 ,! obscurity ( ! prophetic
 books ( ,william ,blake1 :i* 7 compos$ 
9 a /ate ( vision1 comes almo/ :olly f  
^! concurr5t dreams4 ,ev]ybody has "s   
/ory or "s exp]i5ce ( ! sudd5 k 9 sleep 
or wak+ ( "s ev5t1 a mis=tune = ! mo/ "p
 happ5+ to "s fri5d f> (f4   ,,xii  ,!  
dead liv+ 9 _! memories1 are1 ,i am     

p]suad$1 ! s\rce ( all t we call in/9ct1
 & x is _! love & _! desire1 all unkn[+1
 t make u drive beyond our reason1 or 9 
defiance ( our int]e/ x may be2 & x is !
 dream m>t5s t1 all unkn[+1 are         
ma/]-masons to ! liv+ m>t5s build+ ab\t 
*ur* w9d[s _! elaborate ne/s2 & 9 _!    
turn1 ! phantoms are /ung to a ke5]     
delight f a concord betwe5 _! lum9\s    
pure vehicle & our /rong s5ses4 ,x 7 to 
reproa* ! p[] or ! b5efic5ce ( ,god1 to 
believe ^? *ildr5 ( ,alex&] :o di$      
wret*$ly c\ld n ?r[ an urnful to ! heap1
 nor t ,caes>ea#b murd]$ 9 *ildhood1 :om
 ,cleopatra bore to ,caes>1 nor t s     
brief-liv$ y\ng] ,p]icles ,aspasia bore 
be+ s nobly born4   ,,xiii  ,because ev5
 ! mo/ wise dead c b arrange _! memories
 z we arrange pieces ^u a *ess-bo>d &   
obey rememb]$ words alone1 he :o w\ld   
turn magician is =bidd5 by ! ,zoroa/rian
 oracle to *ange b>b>\s words (         
invocation4 ,communication ) ,anima     
,mundi is ?r\gh ! association ( ?\ghts  
or images or objects2 & ! fam\s dead &  

^? ( :om b a fa9t memory l+]s1 c /ill--&
 x is = no o!r end t1 all unkn[+1 we    
value po/hum\s fame--tread ! corridor & 
take ! empty *air4 ,a glove or a "n c   
call _! be>]2 ! %ad[s come to our elb[  
amid _! old undi/urb$ habitations1 &    
mat]ialisation itself is easi]1 x may   
be1 among walls1 or by rocks & trees1 t 
c>ry ^u !m p>ticles ! vehicles ca/ (f 9 
"s extremity :ile !y _h /ill animate    
bodies4  ,c]ta9ly ! "m returns f !      
grave1 & ) arms t may be visible &      
solid1 = a hurri$ mom5t1 c com=t a      
neglect$ *ild or set ! cradle rock+2 & 9
 all ages m5 h kn[n & affirm$ t :5 ! s\l
 is tr\bl$1 ^? t are a %ade & a song3   
live !re1   ,& live l w9ds ( light on   
d>k or /ormy air4   ,,xiv  ,a:ile !y    
live aga9 ^? passionate mom5ts1 n kn[+  
!y are dead1 & !n !y "k & may awake or  
half awake to be our visitors4 ,h[ is _!
 dream *ang$ z ,"t drops away & _! s5ses
 multiply8 ,does _! /ature alt]1 d _!   
eyes gr[ m brilliant8 ,c]ta9ly ! dreams 
/ay ! long]1 ! great] _! passion :5     

alive3 ,hel5 may /ill op5 h] *amb] door 
to ,p>is or wat* him f ! wall1 & "k %e  
is dream+ b because nights & days are   
poignant or ! />s unreckonably bright4  
,surely ( ! passionate dead we c b cry 9
 words ,b5 ,jonson meant = none b       
,%akespe>e3 ,s ramm$ are !y ) life !y c 
b gr[ 9 life ) be+4   ,,xv  ,! infl[+ f 
_! mirror$ life1 :o !mselves receive x f
 ! ,condition ( ,fire1 falls ^u ! ,w9d+ 
,pa? call$ ! ,pa? ( ! ,s]p5t1 & t infl[+
 com+ alike to m5 & to animals is call$ 
natural4 ,!re is ano!r infl[ :i* is n   
natural b intellectual1 & is f ! fire2 &
 x desc5ds ?r\gh s\ls :o pass = a l5g?y 
or a brief p]iod out ( ! mirror life1 z 
we 9 sleep out ( ! bodily life1 & ?\gh x
 may fall ^u a sleep+ s]p5t1 x falls    
pr9cipally ^u /raight pa?s4 ,9 s f> z a 
man is l all o!r m51 ! infl[ f9ds him ^u
 ! w9d+ pa?1 & 9 s f> z he is a sa9t or 
sage1 ^u ! /raight pa?4   ,,xvi  ,daemon
 & man are opposites2 man passes f      
het]og5e\s objects to ! simplicity (    
fire1 & ! ,daemon is drawn to objects   

because ?r\gh !m he obta9s p[]1 !       
extremity ( *oice4 ,= only 9 m5's m9ds c
 he meet ev5 ^? 9 ! ,condition ( ,fire  
:o are n ( 8 own k94 ,he1 by us+ 8      
m$iatorial %ades1 br+s man aga9 & aga9  
to ! place ( *oice1 height5+ temptation 
t ! *oice may be z f9al z possible1     
impos+ 8 own lucidity ^u ev5ts1 lead+ 8 
victim to :atev] among works n          
impossible is ! mo/ difficult4 ,he      
suff]s ) man z "s firm-s\l$ man suff]s )
 ! woman he b loves ! bett] because %e  
is extravagant & fickle4 ,8 desc5d+ p[] 
is nei!r ! w9d+ nor ! /raight l9e b     
zigzag1 illum9at+ ! passive & active    
prop]ties1 ! tree's two sorts ( fruit3 x
 is ! sudd5 lightn+1 = all 8 acts ( p[] 
are in/antane\s4 ,we p]ceive 9 a        
pulsation ( ! art]y1 & aft] sl[ly       
decl9e4   ,,xvii  ,ea* ,daemon is drawn 
to :atev] man or1 if its nature is m    
g5]al1 to :atev] nation x mo/ diff]s f1 
& x %apes into its own image !          
anti!tical dream ( man or nation4 ,!    
,jews _h already %[n by ! preci\s       

metals1 by ! o/5tati\s weal? (          
,solomon's temple1 ! passion t has made 
!m ! money-l5d]s ( ! mod]n _w4 ,if !y _h
 n be5 rapaci\s1 lu/ful1 n>r[ & p]secut+
 beyond ! p ( _! "t1 ! inc>nation _h be5
 impossible2 b x 0 an intellectual      
impulse f ! ,condition ( ,fire t %ap$ _!
 anti!tical self into t ( ! classic _w4 
,s always x is an impulse f "s ,daemon t
 gives to our vague1 unsatisfi$ desire1 
beauty1 a mean+ & a =m all c accept4    
,,xviii  ,only 9 rapid & subtle ?\ght1  
or 9 fa9t acc5ts he>d 9 ! quiet ( ! m9d1
 c ! ?\ght ( ! _s come to u b little    
*ang$2 = a m9d1 t grasps objects        
simultane\sly accord+ to ! degree ( its 
lib]ation1 does n ?9k ! same ?\ght ) !  
m9d t sees objects "o aft] ano!r4 ,!    
purpose ( mo/ religi\s tea*+1 ( !       
insi/5ce ^u ! submission to ,god's w    
above all1 is to make c]ta9 ( !         
passivity ( ! vehicle :]e x is mo/ pure 
& mo/ t5u\s4 ,:5 we are passive :]e !   
vehicle is co>se1 we become m$iumi/ic1 &
 ! spirits :o m\ld !mselves 9 t co>se   

vehicle c only r>ely & ) great          
difficulty speak _! own ?\ghts & keep _!
 own memory4 ,!y are subject to a k9d ( 
drunk5ness & are /upefi$1 old writ]s    
said1 z if ) honey1 & readily mi/ake our
 memory = _! own1 & believe !mselves :om
 & :at we please4 ,we bewild] & ov]ma/] 
!m1 = once !y are among ! p]ceptions (  
successive objects1 our reason1 be+ b an
 in/rum5t creat$ & %>p5$ by ^? objects1 
is /rong] ?an _! intellect1 & !y c b    
repeat ) brief glimpses f ano!r /ate1   
our k & our words4   ,,xix  ,a fri5d    
once dream$ t %e saw _m dragons climb+  
^u ! /eep side ( a cliff & cont9ually   
fall+4 ,h5ry ,m ?\ght t ^? :o1 aft]     
c5turies ( life1 fail$ to f9d ! rhy?mic 
body & to pass into ! ,condition (      
,fire1 7 born aga94 ,edmund ,sp5s]1 :o 0
 among ,m's ma/]s1 affirm$ t nativity   
)\t giv+ x a cause3    ,aft] t !y aga9e 
ret\rn$ be5e1   ,!y 9 t g>d5 plant$ be  
agayne1   ,& gr[ afre%1 z !y _h nev]    
se5e   ,fle%y corruption1 nor mortal    
payne4   ,"s ?\s& ye>s s do5 !y !r      

remayne1   ,& !n ( him are clad ) o!r   
hew1   ,or s5t into ! *aungeful _w      
agayne1   ,till ?i!r !y ret\rn :]e fir/ 
!y grew3   ,s l a :eele1 ar\nd !y roam f
 old to new4  ,! dead :o speak to u d5y 
metempsy*osis1 p]haps because !y b "k a 
little bett] :at !y knew alive2 :ile !  
dead 9 ,asia1 = p]haps no bett] reason1 
affirm x1 & s we are left amid          
plausibilities & unc]ta9ties4   ,,xx  ,b
 c]ta9ly x is always to ! ,condition (  
,fire1 :]e emotion is n br\ght to any   
sudd5 /op1 :]e !re is nei!r wall nor    
gate1 t we w\ld rise2 & ! mask pluck$ f 
! oak-tree is b my imag9ation ( rhy?mic 
body4 ,we may pray to t la/ condition by
 any "n s long z we d n pray to x z a ?+
 or a ?\ght1 & mo/ pray]s call x man or 
woman or *ild3    ,= m]cy has a human   
he>t1   ,pity a human face4  ,)9        
ourselves ,reason & ,w1 :o are ! man &  
woman1 hold out t[>ds a hidd5 alt>1 a   
laugh+ or cry+ *ild4   ,,xxi  ,:5 ,i    
rememb] t ,%elley calls our m9ds mirrors
 ( ! fire = :i* all ?ir/1 ,i _c b ask ! 

"q all h ask$1 ,:at or :o has crack$ !  
mirror8 ,i beg9 to /udy ! only self t ,i
 c "k1 myself1 & to w9d ! ?read ^u !    
p]ne aga94  ,at c]ta9 mom5ts1 always    
un=ese51 ,i become happy1 mo/ commonly  
:5 at haz>d ,i h op5$ "s book ( v]se4   
,sometimes x is my own v]se :51 in/ead (
 discov]+ new te*nical flaws1 ,i read ) 
all ! excitem5t ( ! fir/ writ+4 ,p]haps 
,i am sitt+ 9 "s cr[d$ re/aurant1 ! op5 
book beside me1 or clos$1 my excitem5t  
hav+ ov]-brimm$ ! page4 ,i look at !    
/rang]s ne> z if ,i _h kn[n !m all my   
life1 & x seems /range t ,i _c speak to 
!m3 ev]y?+ fills me ) affection1 ,i h no
 long] any fe>s or any ne$s2 ,i d n ev5 
rememb] t ?is happy mood mu/ come to an 
end4 ,x seems z if ! vehicle _h sudd5ly 
gr[n pure & f> ext5d$ & s lum9\s t "o   
half imag9es t ! images f ,anima ,mundi1
 embodi$ !re & drunk ) t sweetness1     
w\ld1 z "s c\ntry drunk>d :o _h ?r[n a  
wisp into 8 own ?at*1 burn up "t4  ,x   
may be an h\r be=e ! mood passes1 b     
latt]ly ,i seem to und]/& t ,i ent] ^u x

 ! mom5t ,i cease to hate4 ,i ?9k !     
common condition ( our life is hatr$--,i
 "k t ?is is s ) me--irritation ) public
 or private ev5ts or p]sons4 ,!re is no 
great matt] 9 =getfulness ( s]vants1 or 
! delays ( tradesm51 b h[ =give !       
ill-bre$+ ( ,c>lyle1 or ! rhetoric (    
,sw9burne1 or t woman :o murmurs ov] !  
d9n]-table ! op9ion ( h] daily pap]8 ,& 
only a week ago la/ ,sunday1 ,i hat$ !  
spaniel :o di/urb$ a p>tridge on h] ne/1
 a tr\t :o took my bait & yet broke away
 unhook$4 ,! books say t our happ9ess   
comes f ! opposite ( hate1 b ,i am n    
c]ta91 = we may love unhappily4 ,&      
pla9ly1 :5 ,i h clos$ a book too /irr$  
to g on read+1 & 9 ^? brief int5se      
visions ( sleep1 ,i h some?+ ab\t me t1 
?\gh x makes me love1 is m l innoc5ce4  
,i am 9 ! place :]e ! daemon is1 b ,i d 
n ?9k he is ) me until ,i beg9 to make a
 new p]sonality1 select+ among ^?       
images1 seek+ always to satisfy a hung] 
gr[n out ( conceit ) daily diet2 & yet z
 ,i write ! words1 ,i select1 ,i am full

 ( unc]ta9ty1 n kn[+ :5 ,i am ! f+]1 :5 
! clay4 ,once1 tw5ty ye>s ago1 ,i seem$ 
to awake f sleep to f9d my body rigid1 &
 to he> a /range voice speak+ ^! words  
?r\gh my lips z ?r\gh lips ( /one3 ,we  
make an image ( him :o sleeps1 & x is n 
him :o sleeps1 & we call x ,emmanuel4   
,,xxii  ,z ,i g up & d[n my /air & pass 
! gild$ ,moori% w$d+-*e/ :]e ,i keep my 
b>b>\s words1 ,i wond] w ,i take to !m  
once m1 = ,i am baffl$ by ^? voices t   
/ill speak z to ,odysseus b z ! bats2 or
 n[ t ,i %all 9 a little be gr[+ old1 to
 "s k9d ( simple piety l t ( an old     
woman4  ,may #i1 #aiag4     ,,epilogue  
,,my ,,de> ,,maurice--,i 0 (t5 9 ,france
 be=e y 7 born or :5 y 7 b a little     
*ild4 ,:5 ,i w5t = ! fir/ or second "t  
,mall>me _h j writt53 ,all our age is   
full ( ! trembl+ ( ! veil ( ! temple4   
,"o met ev]y:]e "y m5 ( lett]s :o talk$ 
( magic4 ,a di/+ui%$ ,engli% man (      
lett]s ask$ me to call ) him on         
,/anislas de ,gaeta because he did n d>e
 g alone to t my/]i\s h\se4 ,i met f "t 

to "t ) ! ,g]man poet ,d\k5day1 a grave 
,sw$e :om ,i only discov]$ aft] ye>s to 
h be5 ,/r9db]g1 !n look+ = !            
philosoph]'s /one 9 a lodg+ ne> !       
,luxemb\rg2 & "o day 9 ! *amb]s ( ,/u>t 
,m]rill ! poet1 ,i spoke ) a "y ,arabic 
s*ol> :o display$ a l>ge1 r\ghly-made   
gold r+ :i* _h gr[n to ! %ape ( 8 f+]4  
,its gold _h no h>d5+ alloy1 he said1   
because x 0 made by 8 ma/]1 a ,jewi%    
,rabbi1 ( al*emical gold4 ,my critical  
m9d--0 x fri5d or enemy8--mock$1 & yet  
,i 0 delight$4 ,p>is 0 z leg5d>y z      
,connaught4 ,?is new pride1 t ( ! adept1
 0 add$ to ! pride ( ! arti/4 ,villi]s  
de ,l',isle ,adam1 ! haughtie/ ( m51 _h 
b lately di$4 ,i _h read 8 ,axel sl[ly &
 labori\sly z "o reads a sacr$ book--my 
,fr5* 0 v bad--& _h applaud$ x ^u !     
/age4 ,z ,i c\ld n foll[ ! spok5 words1 
,i 0 n bor$ ev5 :]e ,axel & ! ,comm&]   
discuss$ philosophy = a half-h\r in/ead 
( beg9n+ _! duel4 ,if ,i felt impati5t x
 0 only t !y delay$ ! com+ ( ! adept    
,janus1 = ,i hop$ to recognise ! mom5t  

:5 ,axel cries3 ,i "k t lamp1 x 0 burn+ 
be=e ,solomon2 or t o!r :5 he cries3 ,z 
= liv+1 our s]vants w d t = u4  ,!      
movem5t ( lett]s _h be5 haughty ev5 be=e
 ,magic _h t\*$ x4 ,rimbaud _h sung3 ,am
 ,i an old maid t ,i %\ld fe> ! embrace 
( dea?8 ,& ev]y:]e 9 ,p>is & 9 ,london  
"y m5 boa/$ ( ! g>ret1 & claim$ to h no 
ne$ ( :at ! cr[d values4  ,la/ summ] y1 
:o 7 at ! age ,i 0 :5 fir/ ,i he>d (    
,mall>me & ( ,v]la9e1 spoke mu* ( !     
,fr5* poets "y m5 & wom5 read to-day4   
,claudel ,i already some:at knew1 b y   
read to me = ! fir/ "t f ,jammes a      
dialogue betwe5 a poet & a bird1 t made 
u cry1 & a :ole volume ( ,peguy's ,my/]e
 de la ,*>ite de ,jeanne d',arc4 ,no?+  
rema9$ ! same b ! preoccupation )       
religion1 = ^! poets submitt$ ev]y?+ to 
! ,pope1 & all1 ev5 ,claudel1 a pr\d    
oratorical man1 affirm$ t !y saw ! _w ) 
! eyes ( v9e-dress]s & *>coal-burn]s4 ,x
 0 no long] ! s\l1 self-mov+ &          
self-tea*+--! magical s\l--b ,"m ,france
 & ,"m ,*ur*4  ,h n my ?\ghts run ?r\gh 

a l r\nd1 ?\gh ,i h n f\nd my tradition 
9 ! ,ca?olic ,*ur*1 :i* 0 n ! *ur* ( my 
*ildhood1 b :]e ! tradition is1 z ,i    
believe1 m univ]sal & m anci5t8  ,w4 ,b4
 ,y4  ,may #aa1 #aiag4   ,pr9t$ 9 !     
,unit$ ,/ates ( ,am]ica4     ,! foll[+  
pages conta9 adv]tisem5ts ( books by !  
same au?or or on k9dr$ subjects4        
,responsibilities  ,,by ,,william       
,,butl] ,,yeats  ,clo?1 #a4be           
,william ,butl] ,yeats is by f> ! bigge/
 poetic p]sonality liv+      among u at 
pres5t4 ,he is great bo? z a lyric &    
dramati/ poet4         --,john          
,masefield4       ,?is poetry has !     
rhy?m t is incantation & sorc]y1 t is   
n ( ! s5ses nor ( ! _s1 b ( a m+l+ :i*  
is      exaltation4         --,*icago   
,ev5+ ,po/4  ,"u ! title (              
,responsibilities ,william ,butl] ,yeats
 br+s toge!r "s ( 8 rec5t poems4        
,notable /ill = 8 fre%ness ( ?\ght1 8   
ke5 orig9ality1 & 8 purely poetic       
conception ( ?\ghts & facts1 ,mr4 ,yeats
 sometimes makes u wond] h[ he has s    

long be5 able to hold 8 /yle above ! ev]
 ris+ level ( mod]n poetry4 ,no man /&s 
s ap>t 9 8 own p]fection z does ?is     
,iri% poet & playwright1 9 8 art (      
discov]+ tru?s remote & beautiful4      
,s]i\s1 vital ?\ghts he veils1 z ! g5u9e
 poet1 9 a cloak ( f9e rhy?mical        
expression4  ,x is1 aft] all1 z a poet t
 ! majority ( p l to ?9k ( ,mr4 ,yeats1 
& ?is spl5did collection1 ! fir/ 9 a    
numb] ( ye>s1 is assur$ ( a w>m welcome4
     ,,by ,,william ,,butl] ,,yeats  ,! 
,cutt+ ( an ,agate  #abmo1 #a4ej        
,mr4 ,yeats is probably ! mo/ important 
z well z ! mo/ widely      kn[n ( ! m5  
conc]n$ directly 9 ! s-call$ ,celtic    
r5aissance4 ,m ?an ?is1 he /&s among !  
few m5 to be      reckon$ ) 9 mod]n     
poetry4--,new ,york ,h]ald4   ,! ,gre5  
,helmet & ,o!r ,poems  ,decorat$ clo?1  
#abmo1 #a4be       ,! initial piece 9   
?is volume is a delici\sly conceiv$     
h]oic      f>ce1 qua9t 9 humor &        
sprightly 9 action4 ,x tells ( !        
difficulty 9 :i* two simple ,iri% folk  

f9d !mselves :5 !y      ent] into an    
agreem5t ) an app>ition ( ! sea1 :o     
dem&s      t !y knock (f 8 head & :o    
ma9ta9s t aft] !y h      done t he w    
knock (f !irs4 ,!re is a real mean+ 9 ! 
play :i* x w n take ! ?\ghtful read]    
long to discov]4      ,besides ?is !re  
are a numb] ( %ort] poems1 notably "o 9 
:i* ,mr4 ,yeats answ]s ! critics ( ,!   
,playboy ( ! ,we/]n      ,_w4   ,lyrical
 & ,dramatic ,poems    ,9 ,two ,volumes 
,vol4 ,i4 ,lyrical ,poems1 #b4jj ,lea!r1
 #b4be   ,vol4 ,,ii4 ,plays 7,revis$71  
#b4jj ,lea!r1 #b4be       ,! two-volume 
edition ( ! ,iri% poet's works includ$  
ev]y?+      he has done 9 v]se up to !  
pres5t "t4 ,! fir/ volume      conta9s 8
 lyrics2 ! second includes all ( 8 five 
dramas 9      v]se3 ,! ,c\ntess ,ca?le51
 ,! ,l& ( ,he>t's ,desire1 ,!      ,k+'s
 ,?re%old1 ,on ,baile's ,/r&1 & ,!      
,%ad[y ,wat]s4   ,rev]ies ,ov] ,*ildhood
 & ,y\?  #b4jj       ,9 ?is book !      
celebrat$ ,iri% au?or gives u 8         
rem9isc5ces      ( 8 *ildhood & y\?4 ,! 

memories are writt51 z is to be         
expect$1 9 *>m+ prose4 ,!y h ! appeal   
inv>iably atta*$      to ! acc\nt ( a   
s5sitive *ildhood4   ,! ,h\r ,glass &   
,o!r ,plays #a4be       ,! ,h\r ,glass  
is "o ( ,mr4 ,yeats' noble & effective  
plays1 &      ) ! o!r plays 9 ! volume1 
make a small1 b none ! less             
repres5tative collection4   ,/ories (   
,r$ ,hanrahan  #a4be       ,^! tales    
belong to ! realm ( pure lyrical        
expression4 ,!y are      my/]i\s &      
%ad[y1 full ( inf9ite subtleties & old  
wisdom (      folklore1 & sad ) ! gray  
wi/ful ,celtic sadness4       ,lov]s (  
,mr4 ,yeats's sugge/ive & delicate writ+
 w f9d him      at 8 be/ 9 ?is          
volume4--,spr+field ,republican4        
,ideas ( ,good & ,evil #a4ej            
,essays on art & life1 :]e9 are set =?  
mu* ( ,yeats'      philosophy1 8 love ( 
beauty1 8 hope = ,irel& & = ,iri%       
arti/ic a*ievem5t4   ,! ,celtic         
,twilight #a4ej       ,a collection (   
tales f ,iri% life & ( ,iri% fancy1     

retold f      peasants' /ories ) no     
additions except an occasional comm5t4  
,,! ,,works ,,( ,,rab9drana? ,,tagore   
,,bolpur ,,edition    ,,hungry ,,/ones  
,,& ,,o!r ,,/ories4   ,,fruit ,,ga!r+4  
,,*itra3 ,a ,play 9 "o act4   ,,!       
,,cresc5t ,,moon3 ,*ild ,poems4   ,,!   
,,g>d5]3 ,love ,poems4   ,,gitanjali3   
,religi\s ,poems4   ,,! ,,k+ ,,( ,,!    
,,d>k ,,*amb]3 ,a ,play4   ,,! ,,songs  
,,( ,,kabir4   ,,sadhana3 ,!            
,realization ( ,life4   ,,! ,,po/       
,,(fice3 ,a ,play4  ,ea* volume decorat$
 clo?1 #a4ej2 lea!r1 #b4jj4  ,?is new   
edition ( ! works ( ,rab9drana? ,tagore 
w recomm5d itself to ^? :o desire to    
possess ! v>i\s poems & plays ( ! great 
,h9du writ] 9 ! be/ possible pr9t+s &   
b9d+s4 ,great c>e has be5 tak5 ) !      
physical appe>ance ( ! books4 ,9        
addition to ! special design t has be5  
made = ! cov]1 !re are special end pap]s
 & decorat$ title pages 9 ea* book4     
,altoge!r ?is edition promises to become
 ! /&>d "o ( ?is di/+ui%$ poet & se]4   

,,! ,,macmillan ,,company   ,publi%]s   
#fd-ff ,fif? ,av5ue ,new ,york          
,footnotes3  #a ,translat$ by ,ar?ur    
,symons f ,san ,juan de la ,cruz4  #b ,i
 h no bett] au?ority = ,caes>ea ?an     
,l&or's play4