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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
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THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GATE
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A GARDEN OF SPIRITUAL FLOWERS
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PATHS OF ZION
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THE POOR BROTHER'S MASS-BOOK

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THE SOUL'S LINEAGE

According to our measure and extent,
Despite long exile in these regions dim,
We must from God compute our soul's descent,
Seeing the soul on Him alone is bent,
And must in that degree partake of Him.
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