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This World is not Conclusion
A Species stands beyond -
Invisible, as Music -
But positive, as Sound -
It beckons, and it baffles -
Philosophy—don't know
And through a Riddle, at the last -
Sagacity, must go -
To guess it, puzzles scholars -
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown
The choppy interspersed comments continue, keeping the reader fixed on the poet’s thoughts and doubts. The “Riddle” is linked to the verb “puzzles”. Not even scholars can solve them.
This World is not Conclusion