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ASTARTE SYRIACA MYSTERY: lo! betwixt the sun and moon Astarte of the Syrians: Venus Queen  Ere Aphrodite was. In silver sheen Her twofold girdle clasps the infinite boon Of bliss whereof the heaven and earth commune:  And from her neck's inclining flower-stem lean Love-freighted lips and absolute eyes that wean The pulse of hearts to the spheres' dominant tune. Torch-bearing, her sweet ministers compel  All thrones of light beyond the sky and sea  The witnesses of Beauty's face to be: That face, of Love's all-penetrative spell Amulet, talisman, and oracle,—  Betwixt the sun and moon a mystery.