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What is the poem Ilvar recites looking down into the pyramid?


Just after Ilvar "slips" on the outside of the pyramid he reaches the "opening" and looks down into the pyramid.

He then recites a poem about demons and doubt.

My copy of the movies has neither captions nor subtitles, so i can't make out what he is saying clearly (and can't look it up myself).

Anyone know for sure what he says and if these are "real" lines of poetry by a famous author, or were they just made up for this movie.

Thanks ahead...

"Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect"
--William Blake

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Apparently a quote by writer John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890). I had no idea this was such an erudite movie!
I've added it to the Quotes section.

"As quickly as you can ... snatch the pebble from my hand." Honga-Hula!

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