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The collected poems of Arthur Edward Waite

in two volumes ... With a Portrait
Waite, Arthur Edward (1857-1942)

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Strange Houses of Sleep
  
THE WORK OF OUR HANDS
  
ALTERNATION
  
THE SECOND SENSE
  
CUPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
  
THE SCARLET SWAN
  
THEY THAT WORK IN SILENCE
  
THE HEIGHTS REMAIN
  
OF TRUE AND FALSE MARRIAGES
  
GREAT SILENCES
  
VIATICUM
  
HEMLOCK
  
AT THE END OF THINGS
  
A BRIDGE FROM EARTH
  
AT THAT DOOR
  
ILLUMINATION
  
A DREAM OF JUNE
  
A FREE WAY
  
SEASONS
  
A NIGHT PIECE
  
OF SLEEPING AND WAKING
  
LOSS AND GAIN
  
OF CONSUMMATION
  
IN ANY GARDEN
  
THE KING'S SECRET
  
THE INWARD MAJESTY
  
HAUNTINGS
  
THE BRIDAL JOURNEY
  
DREAMS OF DEATH
  
WORLDS OF DREAM
  
THE SWOONING CASTLE
  
HOW IT FALLS BY THE SEA
  
A GREY WORLD
  
BURDENS OF BABYLON
  
ONWARD
  
GABRIEL
  
A LADDER OF LIFE
  
SEVEN WATCHERS
  
LOOKING WESTWARD
  
THE END WHICH CROWNS
  
OF THE DEEP SEAS
  
THE WIDER PROSPECTS
  
JOYS OF LIFE
  
WATERS OF CREATION
  
THE PALACE OF LIFE
  
THE SECRET GARDEN
  
BACK TO THE LAND
  
A RITE OF EXALTATION
  
PLAY-SCENES
  
ABSOLUTION
  
VEILS OF ISIS
  
INSUFFICIENCY
  
A CONFIDENCE
  
HOW IT IS ATTAINED IN THE SUNSET
  
PLUMES OF SABLE
  
THE INTERLOCUTORY DISCOURSE
  
GROUNDS OF UNION
  
THEOPHANY
  
OF FAITH AND VISION
  
THE PATH
  
VALE
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A BOOK OF MYSTERY AND VISION
  
SALVETE
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PART I OF SINGLE CHORDS AND OF MONOLOGUES
  
WORLDS OF VESTURE
  
THE VOYAGE AND THE VENTURE
  
TRANSCRIPTS
  
AND HENCE THESE ECSTASIES
  
WINGS OF FIRE
  
THE EXTREME SENSE
  
HOUSE FANTASTIC
  
WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION
  
JAM NOLI TARDARE
  
IN THOSE HEIGHTS
  
OUT OF THE FULNESS
  
THE HAUNTED DIAL
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HOW I CAME TO THE SEA
 I. 
I
 II. 
II
 III. 
III
  
THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS
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PART II OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN
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A BALLAD OF WHITE MAIDENS
  
The King Speaks
  
The King Sleeps
  
The King's Going Forth
  
CLAVIS ABSCONDITORUM
  
Epilogue
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THE BLESSED LIFE OF SORCERY
  
ARGUMENTUM MIRABILE
  
Proem
  
The Prose
  
Envoy
  
HOW ONE OFFERED INCENSE
  
A DOOR FOR WHITE DOVES
  
THE PLACE OF THY GLORY
  
A PORTION OF MY INHERITANCE
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LA VIE INTIME
  
THE FIRST SCROLL
  
THE SECOND SCROLL
  
THE THIRD SCROLL
  
THE FOURTH SCROLL
  
THE KING'S RENDERING
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HOW I ALSO SANG MASS
  
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SUMMA TOTIUS MYSTERII
  
VALETE
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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GATE
  
WOODLAND MYSTICS
  
VISTAS OF COMPASSION
  
KNOWING THY LIKENESS
  
TO YOU IN ABSENCE
  
FOUNDATIONS OF SAPPHIRE
  
A SONG OF THE SLEEPING WORLD
  
MIRRORS OF LIFE
  
TO COME INTO THY PRESENCE
  
EVEN LIFE FOR EVERMORE
  
A SONG OF SOUND AND OF SILENCE
  
PHASES
  
THERE AND HERE
  
BE YE COMFORTED
  
QUIET NIGHT AND PERFECT END
  
THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE
  
I LOOK TO SEE
  
AT PASSING
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A GARDEN OF SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
  
WATCHES OF THE NIGHT
  
TAKING THE VEIL
  
ENTRANCEMENT
  
WHITHER?
  
A DIRGE AT SEA
  
MYSTERIES OF EXILE
  
IN ARIDITY
  
FLIGHT
  
FROM LANE TO COAST
  
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
  
TO YOU IN GLORY
  
THE BLESSED LIFE
  
A SEA PROPHECY
  
THE INVOCATION OF THE SOUL
  
PER SCALAS RERUM NATURALIUM
  
THE SEA-FOWL
  
PATHS OF PILGRIMAGE
  
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
  
TITLES OF NOBILITY
  
A SPIRIT IN THE HOUSE
  
STELLA
  
A ROVER'S HYMN
  
A VISION OF STARS
  
A WRAITH-WAY
  
WHEREFORE, COURAGE
  
MANIFESTATION
  
THE REAPER
  
THE LIGHTER VEIN
  
DOOM
  
A FOUNDATION OF HOPE
  
THE ROSY CROSS
  
IN EXCELSIS THEMA
  
AURELIA:
  
THE INVOCATION
  
AZALEA
  
DISTRACTION
  
IMMANENCE
  
THE SOUL'S LINEAGE
  
SUSPIRIUM
  
THE BETTER WAY
  
FRAGMENTUM
  
WITNESSES OF SILENCE
  
A HARD SAYING
  
ONE REFUGE
  
OTHER MANHOODS
  
THE POET SPEAKS
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PATHS OF ZION
  
MINISTRIES OF GRACE
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PART I FACES TOWARDS JERUSALEM
 I. 
I IN CIVITATE DEI MAGNA
 II. 
II EIDOLON
 III. 
III TOWARDS PERFECT DAY
 IV. 
IV TO OTHER ENDS
 V. 
V AND SO FORWARD
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VI HOW NATURE HELPS
 VII. 
VII MASTER-BUILDING
 VIII. 
VIII THE END CROWNS
 IX. 
IX WITH HARP AND CROWN
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PART II FLOWERS OF PARADISE
 I. 
I PROEMIUM
 II. 
II DIVINE MISSION
 III. 
III WORLDS OF MINISTRY
 IV. 
IV GREAT SACRAMENTS
 V. 
V CHOIRS MADE VISIBLE
 VI. 
VI TO ISLES OF LIGHT
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VII AN IMAGE OF THE WORLD
 VIII. 
VIII FOR THY MARRIAGE
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IX TALISMANIC MAGIC
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THE POOR BROTHER'S MASS-BOOK
 I. 
I WHEN PASSING THE THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE
 II. 
II WHEN TAKING SEAT
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III THE FIRST RECOLLECTION
 IV. 
IV A PREFATORY MEDITATION
 V. 
V THE CEREMONY OF COMMENCING THE OFFICE
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VI INTROIBO AD ALTARE DEI
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VII JUDICA ME, DEUS
 VIII. 
VIII THE CONFESSION
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IX THE INDULGENCE
 X. 
X WHEN THE PRIEST ASCENDS TO THE ALTAR
 XI. 
XI AUFER A NOBIS
 XII. 
XII THE INTROIT
 XIII. 
XIII THE KYRIE ELEISON
 XIV. 
XIV GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
 XV. 
XV THE COLLECT
 XVI. 
XVI THE SUBSTITUTED EPISTLE
 XVII. 
XVII THE GRADUAL
 XVIII. 
XVIII MUNDA COR MEUM
 XIX. 
XIX THE FIRST GOSPEL
 XX. 
XX THE CREDO
 XXI. 
XXI THE OFFERTORY
 XXII. 
XXII THE OBLATION
 XXIII. 
XXIII THE MINGLING OF WINE AND WATER
 XXIV. 
XXIV IN SPIRITU HUMILITATIS
 XXV. 
XXV IN THE BLESSING OF BREAD AND WINE
 XXVI. 
XXVI THE INCENSING OF THE BREAD AND WINE
 XXVII. 
XXVII THE INCENSING OF THE ALTAR
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII ACCENDAT IN NOBIS
 XXIX. 
XXIX BEFORE THE LAVABO
 XXX. 
XXX SUSCIPE, SANCTA TRINITAS
 XXXI. 
XXXI SECRETA
 XXXII. 
XXXII SURSUM CORDA
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII THE PREFACE
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV THE CANON
 XXXV. 
XXXV COMMEMORATION OF THE LIVING
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI THE CONSECRATION AND ELEVATION
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD
  
IBID.
  
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IBID.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS
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XXXIX PATER NOSTER
 XL. 
XL LIBERA NOS, QUAESUMUS
 XLI. 
XLI AGNUS DEI
 XLII. 
XLII DOMINE JESU CHRISTE
 XLIII. 
XLIII DOMINE, NON SUM DIGNUS
 XLIV. 
XLIV ITE, MISSA EST
 XLV. 
XLV THE SECOND GOSPEL
 XLVI. 
XLVI DEO GRATIAS
 XLVII. 
XLVII A VALEDICTORY ASPIRATION

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MYSTERIES OF EXILE

One life alone, one end, one way to reach;
But many substitutes and ghosts of each:
Lord, lest the false lights—moving round and round—
Too long bewray, do Thou, with secret speech,
Direct us truly unto stable ground!
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