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IT IS NOT A WORD by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: IT IS NOT A WORD SPOKEN
Last Line: THAT SLEEP SO LIGHT A SLEEP.
It is not a word spoken,
Few words are said;
Nor even a look of the eyes
Nor a bend of the head,
But only a hush of the heart
That has too much to keep,
Only memories waking
That sleep so light a sleep.



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