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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILENCE, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: This hush of death! How could I know hefore
Last Line: Speaks not?
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Silence; Dead, The
First Line: This hush of death! How could I know hefore
Last Line: Speaks not?
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Silence; Dead, The
THIS hush of death! How could I know hefore,
When earthly speech was all of thee I heard,
So sweet a spirit of thy silence wore
Thy word?
How shall I live with you, oh world, and share
Your lot,
How talk with you, when the one voice I hear
Speaks not?
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