He goes upon and slays the thieves. He beats the minotaur in combat. He finds you, a maiden, and makes love to you. You do not know, for you have fallen in love. My eyes have turned dark by despair And he has taken your ball of yarn And has used it to defeat a creature. You are with children, and bound to the law. Where was my portion in this life? My eyes are dulled by despair And my mind warped by the sin of Theseus; For he did this to me, and I saw you with him. And there you are, with him, And he beds you, and at night leaves To go rape Helen, and then he marries Phaedra who falls in love with your son. And Hippolytus flees to live with the nymphs. I know my heart, my dove. It is not his, though he try to steal it. This is my present thought That Theseus has stolen my Ariadne-- Thus, as Paul says, Jerusalem that is above, She is our mother, and that Hagar, She is Jerusalem below, bound to the Law Which is the law of taking the spoil.
Mark 13:51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
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