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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com

HYMN TO ARTEMIS

by

FRATER U.'.D.'.

Artemis, my sibyl sibling huntress of the earthy skies, wayfaress in silver rippling - in your hands my power lies ...

lies my dream and all my making muted might in liquid pose, lies my giving and my taking, caressing friends and smiting foes

in your light and metal sheen, waxing, waning, touched, unseen, ever-moving curv.d bow ever-whirring arrow's flow to the core of mine own heart hitting mark, a gentle dart

strikes my body, strikes my soul, fondles part and fondles whole towards my ever-pulsing spell: give me heaven, give me hell take from me what makes me sink with your sleight of hand and wink -

Goddess of the nightly sweep, through the starlit mires seep, never solemn, yet possessed, by your mastery expressed,

all your vision's harvest keeps ... all your vision's harvest keeps ...

1904