The collected poems of Arthur Edward Waite :: :: University of Virginia Library

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

OF SLEEPING AND WAKING

HOW IT FALLS BY THE SEA

HOW IT IS ATTAINED IN THE SUNSET

PLUMES OF SABLE

THE INTERLOCUTORY DISCOURSE

A BOOK OF MYSTERY AND VISION

SALVETE

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

HOW I CAME TO THE SEA

II.

III.

III

THE SHADOW OF THY WINGS

II.

PART II OF THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

A BALLAD OF WHITE MAIDENS

The King Speaks

The King Sleeps

The King's Going Forth

CLAVIS ABSCONDITORUM

Epilogue

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

SUMMA TOTIUS MYSTERII

VALETE

THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GATE

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

A GARDEN OF SPIRITUAL FLOWERS

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

PART I FACES TOWARDS JERUSALEM

I IN CIVITATE DEI MAGNA

II.

II EIDOLON

III.

III TOWARDS PERFECT DAY

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

IX WITH HARP AND CROWN

II.

PART II FLOWERS OF PARADISE

I PROEMIUM

II.

II DIVINE MISSION

III.

III WORLDS OF MINISTRY

IV.

IV GREAT SACRAMENTS

V CHOIRS MADE VISIBLE

VI.

VI TO ISLES OF LIGHT

VII.

VII AN IMAGE OF THE WORLD

VIII.

VIII FOR THY MARRIAGE

IX.

IX TALISMANIC MAGIC

THE POOR BROTHER'S MASS-BOOK

I WHEN PASSING THE THRESHOLD OF THE TEMPLE

II.

II WHEN TAKING SEAT

III.

III THE FIRST RECOLLECTION

IV.

IV A PREFATORY MEDITATION

V THE CEREMONY OF COMMENCING THE OFFICE

VI.

VI INTROIBO AD ALTARE DEI

VII.

VII JUDICA ME, DEUS

VIII.

VIII THE CONFESSION

IX.

IX THE INDULGENCE

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.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

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.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXV COMMEMORATION OF THE LIVING

XXXVI.

XXXVI THE CONSECRATION AND ELEVATION

XXXVII.

XXXVII THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD

IBID.

XXXVIII.

XXXVIII NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS

XXXIX.

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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Proem

Short the distance and smooth the road,
Not too far from a man's abode—
Seek, you shall find it; far and nigh
Stretches the Land of Sorcery.