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re 1 passed into the mountain or lapts-lernli. even as u green hawk between the pillars uf turquoise (hat is rented upon the throne of the East,

2. So came I to Dual-ll, the starry abode, and I heard voices Crying aloud.

3. 0 Thou that sittest upon the Earth! (so spake a certain Veiled One Io me) thou art not gleam! then thy motherl Thou speck of dust infiniteslmul !

Thou art the Lord of Glory, and the unclean dog.

4. Sleeping down, dipping my wings, I cnme unto the darkly-spiendid abodcs. There in that rhrrnless abyss was I nmtle a perteksr of the Mysteries Avenue

5. I sutrered the deadly embrace of the Snake and or the Goat; I paid the infernal homage to the shame of Kheru.

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