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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EGYPTIAN THEOSOPHY, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: Far in the introspective east Last Line: Was laid by an almighty goose. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Creation; Egypt; Theosophy | |||
FAR in the introspective East A meditative Memphian Priest Would solve -- such is the Sage's curse -- The riddle of the Universe. Thought, turning round itself, revolved, How was this puzzling World evolved? How came the starry sky to be, The sun, the earth, the Nile, the sea? And Man, most tragi-comic Man, Whence came he here, and where began? Communing with the baffling sky, Who twinkled, but made no reply, He brooded, till his heated brain Grew fairly addled with the strain. For in that dim, benighted age Philosopher and hoary sage Had not yet had the saving grace To teach the Schools that Time and Space, And all the marvels they contain, Are but the phantoms of the brain. But that profound Egyptian Seer Maybe -- who knows? -- came pretty near; When, after days of strenuous fast, He hit the startling truth at last; And on select, mysterious nights, Veiled in occult, symbolic rites: He taught -- that once upon a time -- To disbelieve it were a crime -- The World's great egg -- refute who can, That meditates on Life and Man -- While deafening cacklings spread the news -- Was laid by an Almighty Goose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADAME BLAVATSKY IN NEW YORK, 1875-77 by DIANE BONDS BAGPIPE MUSIC by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE THE MYSTIC'S VISION by MATHILDE BLIND A CARNIVAL EPISODE by MATHILDE BLIND A CHILD'S FANCY by MATHILDE BLIND A HIGHLAND VILLAGE by MATHILDE BLIND |
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