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THIS WORLD IS NOT CONCLUSION (DIFFERENT VERSION) by EMILY DICKINSON

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First Line: THIS WORLD IS NOT CONCLUSION
Last Line: AND CRUCIFIXION KNOWN.
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY;

THIS world is not conclusion;
A sequel stands beyond,
Invisible, as music,
But positive, as sound.
It beckons and it baffles;
Philosophies don'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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