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The Way of the Winepress

By John Payne: With an Introduction by Thomas Wright
Payne, John (1842-1916)

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THE WAY OF THE WINEPRESS:
  
INTROIT.
  
THE PANTHEIST.
  
TWO HEAVENS.
  
LONGSOME THOUGHT.
  
NIRISWARA.
  
A LIGHT AGE.
  
THE LOST LYRE.
  
THEY SHALL BE CALLED BY A NEW NAME.
  
MOURNING COLOURS.
  
SNOW IN THE AIR.
  
MORNING-GLORY.
  
ARS MORIENDI.
  
TOUT COMPRENDRE....
  
THE LAST INFIRMITY.
  
LUX INDICA.
  
CAT-CHORISTERS.
  
LIFE'S WINTER.
  
EXILE.
  
MARCH-MAGIC.
  
EXCEPT A CORN OF WHEAT....
  
LIFE'S RECKONING.
  
DREAMS OF ELD.
  
PRISONER SOUL.
  
IDEALITY.
  
THE WIND'S WILL.
  
THE GIFTS OF THE GODS.
  
THE FIRE'S QUESTION.
  
A NEW COMMANDMENT.
  
JOY.
  
LA VIDA ES SUEÑO.
  
THE WORD OF CREATION.
  
DEPARTING DREAMS.
  
THE LAST PRAYER.
  
RESURRECTION.
  
THE WHIRLIGIG.
  
MEMENTO AEQUAM SERVARE ANIMAM.
  
HOURS OF WAKE.
  
FAINT, YET PURSUING.
  
SOME DAY.
  
A CALL FROM THE NIGHT.
  
THOUGHT AND SPEECH.
  
SOUL-ACHE.
  
HARVEST-TIDE.
  
LIFE'S MOTIVE FORCE.
  
ENTBEHREN SOLLST DU.
  
CONSISTENCY.
  
THE LODESTAR.
  
SEA AND SHORE.
  
THE MOON'S SECRET.
  
DRUNK OR SOBER.
  
NATURE ON THE WATCH.
  
PRIESTHOOD.
  
SUMMER SOLACE.
  
HORSES OF THE SUN.
  
THE ANGEL OF THE DAWN.
  
LIMED WINGS.
  
THE SOWER.
  
DEATH AND BIRTH.
  
THE WINE OF CIRCE.
  
ETIAMSI OMNES, EGO NON.
  
QUIS CONSOLABIT?
  
NUMINIS UMBRA.
  
MIDAS AND SILENUS.
  
RETURNING AND REST.
  
A FLY ON THE PANE.
  
THE OLYMPIANS.
  
THE SIREN.
  
THE UNDYING WORM.
  
LOVE AND LOVE.
  
THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN.
  
ROTTEN IN THE BUD.
  
QUOD DOCET EXPERIENTIA.
  
THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE.
  
MODERN ATHENIANS.
  
THE UNKNOWN GOD.
  
VANITY OF VANITIES.
  
NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.
  
TRUNKENHEIT OHNE WEIN.
  
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
  
SLY NATURE.
  
EBBTIDE.
  
THE SOUL'S SEASONS.
  
COELUM NON ANIMUM.
  
MONKEYS BY THE SEA.
  
THE ETERNAL ROUND.
  
THE BURIED PAST.
  
PROCUL ESTE...!
  
QUID NOVI FERT AFRICA?
  
A POISONOUS HERITAGE.
  
TENTS OF A NIGHT.
  
LAMBS OF GOD.
  
THE HARPIES.
  
THE SALT OF LIFE.
  
BODILESS SOULS.
  
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
  
THE RESTLESS DEAD.
  
THE TIDE OF TEARS.
  
THE LAST STRENGTH.
  
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.
  
BURIED CITIES.
  
SOLITUDINEM FACIUNT.
  
THE LONELY HARVESTER.
  
ALMOND BLOSSOM.
  
ENGLAND FALLEN.
  
SONG-SACRAMENT.
  
FEIGNED YOUTH.
  
LONELY SOULS.
  
NIL NISI BONUM.
  
THAT WHICH ABIDETH.
  
WHOM, THEREFORE, YE IGNORANTLY WORSHIP.
  
ELUSIVE THOUGHT.
  
DIVINA NON EXPUGNANDA.
  
DREAM AND VISION.
  
THE ENDLESS CHOICE.
  
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS.
  
SURSUM CORDA!
  
“IL EST DES MORTS QU'IL FAUT QU'ON TUE.”
  
BLIND SOULS.
  
INDE NÆNIA.
  
THE PLOVER.
  
TOWARD APPEASEMENT.
  
THE LAST INN.
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FOUR POETS.
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MARTYRS OF HISTORY.
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MOTH-FLIGHTS.

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LIFE'S RECKONING.

THIS world a mart of shadows is, its gain
Even as its loss and as its foul its fair.
Pay down the price, quoth God, and whatsoe'er
Thou choosest take. For pleasure or for pain,
All that the earth and seas and heavens contain
Lies open for our taking without spare.
Our peace of mind the price is for the ware
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Which we must pay and pay o'er oft in vain.
Prodigal Present on improvident Past
Heaped hast thou, soul; Life's better and its worse
Spent hast thou without stint and find'st at last
Thyself with wind in hand and empty purse,
Beggared of hope. Oh, poor Humanity!
What is there left in Heaven or Earth for thee?
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