“How rich and melodious are many of his poems, besides being full of powerful and original thought.”
“Exquisite stanzas ... many faults.”
“Remarkable mastery of form.”
“Nearly akin to verbiage ... he has imagination and not infrequently the poet’s touch.”
“Intense spirituality ... technical superiorities ... an utterance at once mysterious and vivid ... an impressive and original voice ... fiery and clear measured and easy of phrasing.”
“Always melodiously ... sometimes nonsensically.”
“A sinister rival to the mutoscope.”
“Self-revelation of an intensely passionate nature, expressed with a rare command of poetic form ... largely Pagan in sentiment.”
“Clever imitations of a brilliant yet somewhat leprous style ... gilded nastiness.”
“Veils a morbidly exaggerated Catholicism under an ultra-Egyptian passion for death.... Aleister Crowley is a true poet.”