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THE POWER OF SILENCE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: AND WILL SHE NEVER HOLD HER TONGUE
Last Line: NO MORE OF BANGLE, SCARF OR FEATHER.
Subject(s): SILENCE;
And will she never hold her tongue,
About that feather in her hat;
Her scarf, when she has done with that,
And then the bangle on her wrist;
And is my silence meant to make
Her talk the more -- the more she's kissed?

At last, with silence matching mine,
She feels the passion deep and strong,
That fears to trust a timid tongue.
Say, Love -- that draws us close together --
Isn't she the very life of Death?
No more of bangle, scarf or feather.



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