Me from Myself－to banish－1
Had I Art－
Impregnable my Fortress
Unto All Heart－
But since Myself－assault Me－5
How have I peace
Except by subjugating
Consciousness?
And since We're mutual Monarch 9
How this be
Except by Abdication－
Me－of Me?
Had I Art－
Impregnable my Fortress
Unto All Heart－
But since Myself－assault Me－5
How have I peace
Except by subjugating
Consciousness?
And since We're mutual Monarch 9
How this be
Except by Abdication－
Me－of Me?
(F.709/J.642)
[1] Myself:: a second self, said of an intimate friend (OED 4a). Me from Myself to banish:: my intimate friend banished me.
[2, 3] Art Fortress:: she had the way to make her fortress invincible.
[4] Heart:: sweetheart; hearty man or woman.
[5] Myself assault Me:: my intimate friend criticized me.
[7, 8] subjugating Consciousness:: depressing the inward sensibility of wrong-doing; becoming wicked.
[9] Mutual Monarch:: she and her intimate friend were tyrannous to each other.
[12] Me:: personality, individuality; ego (OED 8). Me of Me:: "the personality of me."
[10–12] be, Except by Abdicatin Me of Me:: to fight without caring her own personality.