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OF HELEN KELLER by FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS GIFFORD

First Line: SHE, WITHOUT EYES, SEES MORE THAN I WHO KNOW
Last Line: YOUR VISIONS FADE BEFORE HER HIGH, PURE HEART!
Subject(s): BLINDNESS; DEAFNESS; KELLER, HELEN (1880-1968); VISION; VISUALLY HANDICAPPED;
She, without eyes, sees more than I who know
Each dawn's thin flicker and each star's frail glow.
She, without ears, hears more than I, beset
With songs and nestlings subtle as the fret
Of sun in leaves.
She looks within, within:
And hears the echo of the Seraphim!

O eyes of me and ears of me, that seem
Such happy handmaids to my Lord of Dream,
Be humble! Bow yourselves and stand apart.
Your visions fade before her high, pure heart!



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