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XXXV<br />

“YEA!” quoth <strong>the</strong> knight, “I rede <strong>the</strong> spell.<br />

This Beast is <strong>the</strong> Unknowable.<br />

I seek in Heaven, I seek in Hell;<br />

Ever he mocks me. Yet, methinks,<br />

I have <strong>the</strong> riddle of <strong>the</strong> Sphinx.<br />

For were I keener than <strong>the</strong> lynx<br />

I should not see within my mind<br />

One thought that is not in its kind<br />

In sooth That Beast that lurks behind:<br />

And in my quest his questing seems<br />

<strong>The</strong> au<strong>the</strong>ntic echo of my dreams,<br />

<strong>The</strong> proper <strong>the</strong>sis of my <strong>the</strong>mes!<br />

I know him? Still he answers: No!<br />

I know him not? Maybe—and lo!<br />

He is <strong>the</strong> one sole thing I know!<br />

Nay! who knows not is different<br />

From him that knows. <strong>The</strong>n be content;<br />

Thou canst not alter <strong>the</strong> event!

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