Philip James Bailey ( 10 of 77 )
Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.
Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
Death is the universal salt of states;
Blood is the base of all things--law and war.
Death is the universal salt of states;
Blood is the base of all things--law and war.
As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]
As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]
Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power
Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon
It works, on e'er read more
Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power
Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon
It works, on e'er self-transmutative form,
Common to now the living, now the dead.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.
Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . .
The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage
War with read more
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . .
The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage
War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon,
Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth
After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.
Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
