3 On Mystery

[Pythagorean]

O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear;
A sense of mystery the spirit daunted,
And said as plain as whisper in the ear,
The place is haunted.

--Hood

Shall any gazer see with mortal eyes,
Or any searcher know by mortal mind?
Veil after veil will lift-but there must be
Veil upon veil behind

---Arnold


There was the Door to which I found no Key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see.

---Omar