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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Gerald Kelly
Palace Hotel. San Francisco.
April 26 1901.
Dear Gerald.
I am Aleister Crowley, c/o Arnhold and Karberg, Hongkong China.
I am going to write Orpheus and be all lyrics. You wait!
Bye-bye.
A.C.
P.S.
The Muse herself that Orpheus bore The Muse herself for her enchanting son Whom universal Nature did lament When by the rout that made the hideous roar His gory body down the stream was sent Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore
What a finale. Chorus of Universal Nature 40 pp. Death song of Orpheus. Chorus of rout making hideous roar 350 pp.. Dialogue of swift Hebrus and Lesbian shore. Climax—mystical marriage of Orpheus to Sappho—"served hot with fresh sauce". (?)
And what a Hell scene I can write. You wait. I'm mad with delight.
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