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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

Is had within—

Behold! said the Apostle,

Yet had not seen.