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the Equinox - The Hermetic Library

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SIR PALAMEDE <strong>the</strong> Saracen<br />

Hath see <strong>the</strong> All; his mind is set<br />

To pass beyond that great Amen.<br />

Far hath he wandered; still to fret<br />

His soul against that Soul. He breaches<br />

<strong>The</strong> rhododendron forest-net,<br />

His body bloody with its leeches.<br />

Sternly he travelleth <strong>the</strong> crest<br />

Of a great mountain, far that reaches<br />

Toward <strong>the</strong> King-snows; <strong>the</strong> rains molest<br />

<strong>The</strong> knight, white wastes updriven of wind<br />

In sheets, in torrents, fiend-possessed,<br />

Up from <strong>the</strong> steaming plains of Ind.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y cut his flesh, <strong>the</strong>y chill his bones:<br />

Yet he feels naught; his mind is pinned<br />

To that one point where all <strong>the</strong> thrones<br />

Join to one lion-head of rock,<br />

Towering above all crests and cones<br />

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