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1830–1886

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Emily Dickinson

This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond, Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound.

It beckons and it baffles; Philosophies do n't know, And through a riddle, at the last, Sagacity must go.

To guess it puzzles scholars; To gain it, men have shown Contempt of generations, And crucifixion known.

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