Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INN OF DREAMS ***
BY
OLIVE CUSTANCE
(LADY AFRED DOUGLAS)
DEDICATION
1
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Attentive aux travaux des champs et des maisons
J'ai marqué chaque jour la forme des saisons,
Parce que l'eau, la terre et la montante flamme
En nul endroit ne sont si belles qu'en mon âme.
CONTENTS
Dedication (Comtesse de Noailles) v
The Inn of Dreams 3
The Kingdom of Heaven 5
A Dream 6
The Autumn Day 8
Angels 10
The Changeling 11
A Song Against Care 14
"Quelque part une Enfance très douce et mourir" 16
Candle-Light 18
In the South 20
Spring in the South 22
"I am Weary, let me Sleep" 24
Grief 26
Daffodil Dawn 28
Beauty 29
The Vision 31
The Dance 33
The Prisoner of God 36
The Storm 38
St. Anthony 41
Black Butterflies 43
In Praise of Youth 45
Opal Song 47
CONTENTS 2
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Gifts 48
Primrose Hill 50
A Morning Song 52
The Wings of Fortune 53
Shadow-Nets 55
Peacocks. A Mood 56
Hyacinthus 58
Hylas 61
Blue Flowers 63
Madrigal 64
Endymion 65
Dance Song 66
A Memory 67
The Photograph 69
St. Sebastian 71
The Magic Mirrors 73
CONTENTS 3
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
How shall my soul escape your snares?
So dear are your delightful things,
So difficult your toils and cares:
That, every way my soul is held
By bonds of love, and bonds of hate;
With all its heavenly ardours quelled,
And all its angels desolate . . .
A Dream
CONTENTS 4
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Angels
The Changeling
CONTENTS 5
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
O Care!
Thou art a cloak too heavy to be borne,
Glittering with tears, and gay with painted lies
(For seldomseldom art thou stained and torn,
Showing a tattered lining, and the bare
Bruised body of thy wearer); thou art fair
To look at, O thou garment of our pride!
A net of colours, thou dost catch the wise;
He lays aside his wisdom for thy sake . . .
And Beauty hides her loveliness in thee . . .
And after . . . when men know the agony
Of thy great weight of splendour, and would shake
Thee swiftly from their shoulders, cast aside
The burden of thy jewelled bands that break
Their very hearts . . . often it is too late.
They fear the world will mock them and deride
When they are stripped of all their golden state.
But some are brave . . . but some among us dare
Cry out against thy torment and be free!
And I would rather a gay beggar be,
And go in rags for all eternity,
Than that thy clanking pomp should cover me,
CONTENTS 6
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
O Care! . . .
Candle-Light
CONTENTS 7
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
In the South
CONTENTS 8
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Grief
CONTENTS 9
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Daffodil Dawn
Beauty
The Vision
CONTENTS 10
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
And turn again to those bright solitudes
Where Beauty met me in a thousand moods,
And all her shining banners were unfurled . . .
And where I snatched from the sweet hands of Spring
A crystal cup and drank a mystic wine,
And walked alone a secret perfumed way,
And saw the glittering Angels at their play.
And heard the golden birds of Heaven sing,
And woke . . . to find white lilies clustering
And all the emerald wood an empty shrine,
Fragrant with myrrh and frankincense and spice,
And echoing yet the flutes of Paradise . . .
The Dance
CONTENTS 11
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
The Storm
CONTENTS 12
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
St. Anthony
Black Butterflies
In Praise of Youth
CONTENTS 13
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
O delicate youth, thy praises shall be sung
While yet my heart is young . . .
While Life and I, in search of lovely things,
Go out with dancing feet and dreaming eyes,
And find wild Folly, with her rainbow wings,
Sweeter than all the wisdom of the wise.
Opal Song
Gifts
CONTENTS 14
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Garments of silver gauze, and cloth of gold . . .
And I will give you power to have and hold,
And passion, and delight and ecstasy.
What will you give to me?
Primrose Hill
CONTENTS 15
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
A Morning Song
CONTENTS 16
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Shadow-Nets
Peacocks. A Mood
Hyacinthus
CONTENTS 17
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Hylas
CONTENTS 18
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Blue Flowers
Madrigal
Endymion
CONTENTS 19
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Dance Song
A Memory
CONTENTS 20
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
The Photograph
St. Sebastian
CONTENTS 21
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Oh, delicate mouth, brave eyes, and curled bright hair . . .
Oh, lovely body lashed to the rough tree:
What brutal fools were those that gave to thee
Red roses of thine outraged blood to wear,
Laughed at thy bitter pain and loathed the fair
Bruised flower of thy victorious purity?
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Inn of Dreams, by Olive Custance
*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INN OF DREAMS ***
CONTENTS 22
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you
do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the
rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose
such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and
research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do
practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is
subject to the trademark license, especially commercial
redistribution.
CONTENTS 23
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by
keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project
Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others.
1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern
what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in
a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check
the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement
before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or
creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project
Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning
the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United
States.
1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate
access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently
whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the
phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project
Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed,
copied or distributed:
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary,
compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any
word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or
distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than
"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version
posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org),
you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a
copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon
request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other
form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm
License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1.
CONTENTS 24
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying,
performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works
unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9.
- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from
the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method
you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is
owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he
has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the
Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments
must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you
prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax
returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and
sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the
address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to
the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation."
- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies
you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he
does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm
License. You must require such a user to return or
destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium
and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of
Project Gutenberg-tm works.
- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free
distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works.
1.F.
CONTENTS 25
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.
1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth
in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the
trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone
providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance
with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production,
promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works,
harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees,
that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do
or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm
work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any
Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause.
CONTENTS 26
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg
Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent
permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws.
Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation
methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other
ways including checks, online payments and credit card donations.
To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate
CONTENTS 27
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Practical Mysticism, by Evelyn Underhill
Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility:
http://www.gutenberg.org
CONTENTS 28