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CONTENTS

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THE SECRET ROSE:
DEDICATION[3]
TO THE SECRET ROSE[5]
THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE OUTCAST[7]
OUT OF THE ROSE[20]
THE WISDOM OF THE KING[31]
THE HEART OF THE SPRING[42]
THE CURSE OF THE FIRES AND OF THE SHADOWS[51]
THE OLD MEN OF THE TWILIGHT[61]
WHERE THERE IS NOTHING, THERE IS GOD[69]

OF COSTELLO THE PROUD, OF OONA THE DAUGHTER OF DERMOTT AND OF THE BITTER TONGUE

[78]
ROSA ALCHEMICA[103]
THE TABLES OF THE LAW[141]
THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI[165]
EARLY STORIES.
JOHN SHERMAN[183]
DHOYA[283]

THE SECRET ROSE

As for living, our servants will do that for us.—Villiers de L’Isle Adam.