I have mixed the wines at shinar I have planted the olives at athens Fire I fed to the fallen fold And gifts I gave of gain-less gold At knossos I sanctified my horns Wetted with virginity Rightly I reveled 'mongst the rotted roots And blood I begged of the boldest brutes
Albion gave me no saintless throne My seed was wasted upon that isle Creeds I craved of the carnal crowd But prayers were proffered by the pierced and proud The new world has been my greatest pride Where longest has been my lordly stride Death I dreamed for the drowning dregs And love I lost between her lifeless legs
"Ye are of (your) father the devil And the lusts of your father ye will do. " "From that time many of his disciples Went back, and walked no more with him. " Let my scythe fall upon that field And reap what the sky would yield