Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE POWER OF WORDS, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON


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First Line: Tis a strange mystery, the power of words!
Last Line: A word is but a breath of passing air.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary


'TIS a strange mystery, the power of words!
Life is in them, and death. A word can send
The crimson colour hurrying to the cheek.
Hurrying with many meanings; or can turn
The current cold and deadly to the heart.
Anger and fear are in them; grief and joy
Are on their sound; yet slight, impalpable: --
A word is but a breath of passing air.





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