Ancient art and ritual / by Jane Ellen Harrison.

  • Jane Ellen Harrison
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[1913]
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Credit: Ancient art and ritual / by Jane Ellen Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    where so long he has stirred the dead egotist ashes, out into the bigger life, the life of his fellows; he must live, with them, by them, in them. “ I am weary of deeds done inside myself, I am weary of voyages inside myself, And of heroism wrought by strokes of the pen. And of a beauty made up of formulae. “ I am ashamed of lying to my work. Of my work lying to my life. And of being able to content myself. By burning sweet spices. With the mouldering smell that is master here.” Again, in “ The Conquerors,” the poet dreams of the Victorious One who has no army, the Knight who rides afoot, the Crusader without breviary or scrip, the Pilgrim of Love who, by the shining in his eyes, draws all men to him, and they in turn draw other men until, at last: “ The time came in the land. The time of the Great Conquest,
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