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  • Proud Word You Never Spoke

    Proud word you never spoke, but you will speak
    Four not exempt from pride some future day.
    Resting on one white hand a warm wet cheek,
    Over my open volume you will say,
    ‘This man loved me‘—then rise and trip away.

    Walter Savage Landor

  • The Future — never spoke —

    The Future — never spoke —

    Nor will He — like the Dumb —

    Reveal by sign — a syllable

    Of His Profound To Come —


    But when the News be ripe —

    Presents it — in the Act —

    Forestalling Preparation —

    Escape — or Substitute —


    Indifference to Him —

    The Dower — as...