An Occult Vision (1920, H. A. Graves)



 AN OCCULT VISION

I dreamed and lo, I saw an ox come forth Out of a house, to which a camel was Closely tethered 'twixt its door and window by A heavy iron hook which held him fast. A javelin appeared, beside a fence Through which a writhing serpent wound its way; While on the further side a man upraised His hand, while in his hairy fist he held A heavy ox goad. In a rippling stream Of water near, there swam a fish. A post Mine eye discerned; and through the fish's mouth A fish hook, barbed, made it a prisoner. And then the man's attentive ear did catch A sudden sound, which made him turn his head And he beheld the tenuous, sharpened teeth Of finny captive sever through the line Which held him there in bondage; then the man, With reverential mien displayed a cross And with it blessed the creatures. I awoke And realized that I had travelled o'er A score and two of Wisdom's mystic paths.

- '''H. A. Graves

