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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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and the Soul-Ladder 139<br />

seventh heaven of the planet Saturn, beholds a ladder lead<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

yet higher heights:<br />

With<strong>in</strong> the crystal, which records the name<br />

(As its remoter circle girds the world)<br />

Of that loved monarch \ <strong>in</strong> whose happy reign<br />

No ill had power to harm, I saw rear'd up,<br />

In colour like to sun-illum<strong>in</strong>ed gold,<br />

A ladder, which my ken pursued <strong>in</strong> va<strong>in</strong>.<br />

So lofty was the summit; down whose steps<br />

I saw the splendours <strong>in</strong> such multitude<br />

Descend<strong>in</strong>g, every light <strong>in</strong> heaven, methought,<br />

Was shed thence^.<br />

The conception has left fa<strong>in</strong>t but unmistakable traces of itself <strong>in</strong><br />

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