Aleister Crowley
Excerpt from Tannhauser: A Story of All Time ,I Shall not tell thee that I love thee!,Nay! by the Star in Heaven burning, ,Its ray to me at midnight turning,To tell me that it beams above thee-,Nay! though thou wert, as I am, yearning, ,I should not tell thee that I love thee! ,I know what secret thought once blossomed,Into a blush that seemed a kiss, ,Some swift suppressed extreme of bliss,In thy most fearful sigh embosomed.,What oracle should prate of this?,I know the secret thought that blossomed! ,Extol the truth of love's disdain!,Love, daring by no glance to gladden,A heart that waits but that to madden
TannhÃ¤user: A Story Of All Time