Internet Book of Shadows: Hymn to Artemis (Frater U.' D.')

Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com
 
           
 
                                                HYMN TO ARTEMIS 
 
                                          by
 
                                     FRATER U.'.D.'.
 
                                 Artemis, my sibyl sibling
                                 huntress of the earthy skies,
                                 wayfaress in silver rippling -
                                 in your hands my power lies ...
 
 
 
 
                               lies my dream and all my making
                                 muted might in liquid pose,
                                 lies my giving and my taking,
                                 caressing friends and smiting foes
 
                                 in your light and metal sheen,
                                 waxing, waning, touched, unseen,
                                 ever-moving curv.d bow
                                 ever-whirring arrow's flow
                                 to the core of mine own heart
                                 hitting mark, a gentle dart
 
                                 strikes my body, strikes my soul,
                                 fondles part and fondles whole
                                 towards my ever-pulsing spell:
                                 give me heaven, give me hell
                                 take from me what makes me sink
                                 with your sleight of hand and wink -
 
                                 Goddess of the nightly sweep,
                                 through the starlit mires seep,
                                 never solemn, yet possessed,
                                 by your mastery expressed,
 
                                 all your vision's harvest keeps ...
                                 all your vision's harvest keeps ...
                                                                                            1904
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