Hermetic Definition by Hilda Doolittle

Author:Hilda Doolittle [D. H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780811222389
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1972-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

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An owl hooted out in the darkness,

so the angel came — what angel and what name?

is it Tara, Dieu fontaine de sagesse

and the angel Ptébiou? it was his hour

or near his hour, what did he say?

a caller before noon, had spoken of owls here,

“Uhu,” she said, “great owl, Waldkauz, the wood-owl,”

and she translated Kauz as a queer fellow;

I showed the picture and she said, “how beautiful”;

how strange, how wonderful, that last night

was the first night that it came,

the distant summons, the muted cry, the call,

and my bones melted and my heart was flame,

and all I wished was freedom and to follow

the voice, not very far, not very near,

a voice that changed our lake, the Zürisee,

into a mystery, the haunted mere of Märchen

and old legends, or even Lethe or Eunoë, now and here.

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