Speech is a symptom of affection

by Emily Dickinson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880

CVIII.



SPEECH is a sympton of affection,

And Silence one,

The perfectest communication

Is heard of none—

Exists and its endorsement

Is had within—

Behold! said the Apostle,

Yet had not seen.

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