Arts & Sciences

This world is not conclusion

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

Arts & Sciences

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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Dickinson, Emily. “This world is not conclusion.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/387/.

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Dickinson, Emily. “This world is not conclusion.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/387/.

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