Sub-Consciousness

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Title:     Sub-Consciousness
Author: Rachel Annand Taylor [More Titles by Taylor]

Sometimes as Martha suddenly stood amazed
By Mary's mystic eyes, and sometimes as
That very dreamer Mary might have gazed
Upon the Daughter of Herodias,
The conscious Soul that other Soul discovers,
The strange idolator who still regrets
Golden Osiris, Tammuz lord of lovers,
Attis the sad white god of violets.
In jasper caves she lies behind her veils;
And jars of spice, and gilded ears of corn,
And wine-red roses and rose-red wine-grails
Feed her long trances while the far flutes mourn.
She lies and dreams daemonic passionate things:
Cherubim guard her gates with monstrous wings.

[The end]
Rachel Annand Taylor's poem: Sub-Consciousness

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