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XLVIII.
Answer me, Fear! Thou in the depths dost dwellIn darkest depth; for light is dark to thee,
And noon concealeth the dread Mystery
Which men call nothingness, and fate, and hell.
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Beholdest God! and two eternities!
And shriek'st. “The One! The sole Infallible!”
Brave Trembler! Thou, who seek'st, and fear'st to find,
The Cause Uncaused of mindless things and mind,
The Unapproach'd, Unsearchable, Alone!
If pain thou know'st, if weakness knows thee well,
And if thy weakness is unmeasured might,
Answer me! Why should helpless Death affright
The Lifter of the Veil of the Unknown?
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