Name: Eleusinia
Author: Arthur Machen

Quotes from Eleusinia (Arthur Machen)

“ Standing in thy majesty, while countless as the sand
On yonder shore, the multitude adore thee
As thou blessest all men with thy loving hand?
Athens is thy dwelling place:
Holy mother, give us grace.
In the town thy temple stands
Bright, all marble from thine hands,
While the gathering people kneel, journeying from many lands.
Is that thy priest who stands within the town?
Is that thy choir whose thunders roar and swell?
Hail to thee most mighty, great be thy renown,
While minstrels sing, and priests thy glory tell. ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ Men worship thee;
And pray to see thy face,
So we.
If in the inmost fane
Thy glory stands;
Grant us to touch, being without stain,
Thine hands.
If the priest veils his head
And boweth low;
Make us too, pure, as thou hast said,
As snow.
Keep us, who worship thee,
Within thy sight ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ His limbs therein, and have it for a sign,
That, as the flesh is pure and free from stain,
The soul within is in like manner cleansed.
So the cool water sweeps away the stain,
And all have been absolved—the priest has said. ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ From age to age; but no man knows the truth,
Only they tell that sudden light was seen,
And then the darkness covered all again.
Anon the thunder rolls and breaks along,
Crashing and thrilling all the halls among,
And then the silence covered all again. ..... ..... Sweet and fearful sounds,
Following in alternation till the soul
Was melted all within, the heart was still
And almost life departed, then at last
The glory of the goddess was revealed.
FINIS.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929. ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ Falling and rising like a mighty voice
Of many waters. ......... ......... Through the city gates,
Unto the plain they pass a mighty throng,
For it is near the end, and a great joy
Fills every heart with praise and loud acclaim. ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ Of love and sweet desire floats along
Their clear sweet voicéd chorus: is there any song
Like to their music, pleasure and sweet pain
Are met together, mingled in a chain,
There is no failing; e'en the weak are strong. ”

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Arthur Machen, Eleusinia (1881)

“ The longest-living author of this work died in 1947, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 76 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”

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