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The phrase mentioned refers to the cycle of life and humanity. Germ kills men, but those men are replaced by new lives. While some often find great beauty in this 'circle of life,' the speaker in the poem sees only emptiness and meaninglessness in the "ancient pulse." It's been going on forever and means nothing. It characterizes the bleakness he feels is the state of mankind.

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