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When I have sense of what to sense appears,

Sense has sense of me ere

When I hear, Hearing, ere I do hear, hears.

When I see, before me, abstract seeing sees.

I am part God, part I, in all I touch,

God being that part I hold in common with all,

And I the |lesser| part that makes sense such

As I can err by it and my sense mine call.

The rest is wondering what these thoughts may mean

That come to explain, and suddenly are gone,

Like messengers that mock the message' mien,

Explaining all but th’ explanation.

     Yet this clear meaning separate I keep

     That when I wake, I wake unto a sleep.

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