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Emily Dickinson (1830–86).  Complete Poems.  1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

CX

SPEECH is a symptom of affection,
And Silence one,
The perfectest communication
Is heard of none—
Exists and its endorsement        5
Is had within—
Behold! said the Apostle,
Yet had not seen.

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