Dominium in Excelsis - Clark Ashton Smith, ebook, Temp
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Dominium in Excelsisby Clark Ashton SmithExalt thyself: be more than man,Be saint or be magician,And where the burning Sword awaitsDefy the old seraphic ban.Thy will, that climbs from dark estates,Shall divinize the godless fates,This fiery ecstasy of dreamMelt down the grim, forbidden gatesThat open into spheres extremeBeyond the starry-bubbled stream-Beyond Capella, past Altair-Where amaranthine gardens gleam.Thy feet shall tread the Scorpion's lair,Thy hands shall catch the comet's hair;Or over Endor thou shalt rideUnfrighted on the tamed Nightmare.And thence go down where ghosts have diedAnd famished ghouls and vampires glide;Or tarry in years behind the tomb;Or in the multiple futures bide.Thou shalt respire the flame and fumeOf Beltis' altars drowned in gloomUnder her sharded fanes; or shareThe fabled Atlantean doom,And rise unharmed to light and airOut of old death, once more to deathWith antinomian deed and thoughtThe planet of thy slain despair-Till stones and atoms, shadow-wrought,Dissolving shall return to naught,Or into fairer shapes be brought.
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