«1 Oh, fire who purgeth us / In fate-kindled strife, / Thy beauty ruleth us, / Shining with life! 2 Still and meek in the glow of a taper in church, / But in riot — tumultuous-tongued, / Unmoved by wild prayers, multi-faced, / Shot with color in walls overthrown, / Mad ...»
«In the land of Ra the flaming, by the shores of Nile's slow waters, where the roofs of Thebes were seen, / In the days of yore you loved me, as dark Isis loved Osiris, sister, friend and worshiped queen! / And the pyramid its shadow on our evening trysts would lean. Oh, the mystery rem...»
«Radiant ranks of seraphim / Stir the air about our bed. / With their windy wings and dim / Our hot cheeks are comforted. Low the circling seraphs bend, / And we tremble and rejoice / At hosannas that ascend, / Winged with their unearthly voice. Cloudy luminous faces hover, / And the ...»
«Que tes mains soient bénies, car elles sont impures. / Remy de Gourmont. The shining of your golden eyes I bless! / That broke my dark delirium with light. The smile that wavers on your lips I bless! / It kindled me like wine, it rent my night. The poison in your kisses hid, I bless! / A...»