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	<title>The Pastoral Song - Esoteric Chat</title>
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		<title>admin</title>
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		<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>They subjugate us in pure ecstasy<br/>Stands on the mould and gave to me<br/>Mental image of my brain</p><p>It took me;<br/>From the hylomorph<br/>Lacking form and vision<br/>The privation you can&#39;t see</p><p>You took me;<br/>Gave me reasons for<br/>My form—it shall relate to the<br/>Soul in immortal grace—and shall<br/>Partake <i>ta peri psychēs</i> sake<br/>It doth relate to the animal</p><p>Your crazy image sits and dances<br/>For the archons as they lie here<br/>Face to the wall, with<br/>Half-way kings and abstractions</p><p>They dragged me;<br/>Gave me bruises for<br/>Making matter; what does it matter<br/>When the water lands on my sore<br/>Ecstasy, <i>ti physika</i> and<br/>Gratify the face—let it<br/>Pick the taste, doth procreate<br/>Most aggravate<br/>My mind</p><p>Archons set it free———<br/>With abstractions! And expose the place<br/>With all that can relate to your drawer<br/>Filled with pottery<br/>Take clay from the potter and set me free<br/>From the ecstasy of this form</p><p>[2]<br/>Leg forces kicking, lag the tibia<br/>Down all through his knees<br/>As they kneed and partake in<br/>Such great names as these<br/>Like Parmenides, like Chloe, like<br/>Daphnus and the apple tree<br/>He plucks the life you see<br/>Turns and places her in a cage<br/>Of ecstasy</p><p>Let them chirp and flirt and<br/>Cast to the sea—<br/>Their pastoral life! As the<br/>Rites doth rage through Thebes<br/>Nose point to the East, it flake<br/>And break and tear it all apart</p>]]></content>
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