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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
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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
 I. 
I WHEN PASSING THE THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE
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II WHEN TAKING SEAT
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III THE FIRST RECOLLECTION
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IV A PREFATORY MEDITATION
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V THE CEREMONY OF COMMENCING THE OFFICE
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VI INTROIBO AD ALTARE DEI
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VII JUDICA ME, DEUS
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VIII THE CONFESSION
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IX THE INDULGENCE
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X WHEN THE PRIEST ASCENDS TO THE ALTAR
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XI AUFER A NOBIS
 XII. 
XII THE INTROIT
 XIII. 
XIII THE KYRIE ELEISON
 XIV. 
XIV GLORIA IN EXCELSIS
 XV. 
XV THE COLLECT
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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
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XXII THE OBLATION
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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
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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
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XXXVI THE CONSECRATION AND ELEVATION
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD
  
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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
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XLV THE SECOND GOSPEL
 XLVI. 
XLVI DEO GRATIAS
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XLVII A VALEDICTORY ASPIRATION

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Like Michael soaring from celestial strife,
I watch thee rise; through surging mists of sense
Thy strong right arm put forth, thy shapely head—
With striving face upturn'd and streaming hair—
All light itself, into the light ascends.
The rainbow-splendour of unspotted mind
Invests thee now; so sinks the flesh subdued:
Thine earnest lips the grace of soul invoke,
The secret eye which sees and searches all,
The word of spirit in the soul itself
Declared. . . .
But now, with modest eyelids droop'd,
With even pulse, with cool and indrawn mien,
I see thee stand, still in thy white array'd.
Thou speakest not: this is thy victory,
Who hast, triumphant by the strength of will,
Compass'd thine end. Henceforth the voice of God
Teaches within, the spirit of Christ inspires.
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