Aleister

All degradation, all sheer infamy, Thou shalt endure. Thy head beneath th mire And dung of worthless women shall desire As in some hateful dream, at last to lie; Woman must trample thee till thou respire That deadliest fume; The vilest worms must crawl, the loathiest vampires gloom.Thou must breathe in all poisons; for thy meat, Poison; for drink, still poison; for thy kiss, A serpents lips! An agony is this That sweats our venom; thy clenched hands, thy feet Ooze blood, thine eyes weep blood; thine anguish is More keen than death. At last - there is no deeper vault of hell beneath! ( XIII - XIV ALCEDAMA)