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in Poem of Existence

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  [begin leaf 1 recto] (in Poem of Existence We call it one the past, and we call another the future But both are alike the present It is not the past, though we call it so,—nor IAnd it is not the future, though we call it so, It is Ready to at, All the while it is the present only—that both 
  pa future and past are the present only.—
The curious realities now everywhere—on the surface 
  of the earth,
—in the interior of the earth— 
 Are there living creatures in that What is it? Is it liquid fire? Is it fire? 
  solid?—Is it some Is there not 
  toward the core, some vast 
  strange stifling vacuum?—Is there 
  any thing in that vacuum? any ^kind of curious, flying living things, 
  or floating life with its natures fitted?—
The existences on the innumerable stars, with their 
  varied degrees of perfection, climate, swiftness
 
  —Some probably are but forming,—others not so 
  advanced as the earth—Some are no doubt more 
  advanced— (I should not wonder if the
The Then tThere is intercommunion, 
  Nothing can One sphere ch cannot know another sphere, 
  The cCommunion of ^what we call life is with life only, 
  and of what iswe call is after 
  life 
  Each I think 
  Each sphere knows itself only, and h cannot 
  commune beyond itself, 
  Wh Life communes only with life, 
  Whatever it is that follows death,
  [begin leaf 1 verso]
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