SILENCE By Ralph Waldo Emerson
They put their finger on their lip,— The Powers above; The seas their islands clip, The moons in Ocean dip,— They love but name not love.
A Note on the Text:
1st published in The Dial (October 1840) pp. 158.
Source: The Dial (October 1840) pp. 158.
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