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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ONE BEREAVED, by ETHEL KNIGHT FISHER
First Line: My dear, I know you understood
Last Line: Were written on my face.
Subject(s): Grief; Sympathy; Sorrow; Sadness; Empathy
First Line: My dear, I know you understood
Last Line: Were written on my face.
Subject(s): Grief; Sympathy; Sorrow; Sadness; Empathy
My dear, I know you understood
My sympathetic touch;
The spoken word is apt to say
Too little or too much.
Your silent grief was eloquent,
I held you for a space,
And all the words my tongue would speak
Were written on my face.
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