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A SONG OF THE SILENT SOULS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: SOME CAN TALK, SAGACIOUS TENDER
Last Line: OF THE SILENT SOULS!
Subject(s): SILENCE;
Some can talk, sagacious, tender,
Strong discourse and rare;
Others fill the room with splendor
Just by being there.

Some can drive the world to duty
By a brandished knife;
Others by the silent beauty
Of a loving life.

Some are praised to highest heaven
Through a brilliant hour;
Others as a quiet leaven
Wield eternal power.

Fine are speech and valiant action
Where the triumph rolls;
But -- the endless satisfaction
Of the silent souls!



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