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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOICE, by SISTER MARIS STELLA Poet's Biography First Line: I am afraid of silence. I am afraid / of my own soul Last Line: Afraid of nothing. Nothing could frighten me. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava | |||
I am afraid of silence. I am afraid Of my own soul. I am afraid of hearing A voice -- one voice above all voices -- made Clear in the silence. I shall grow old fearing This silence that goes with me wherever I go. I cannot keep it in or bar it out. Always within, around, above, below, It beats upon me. I am hedged about Most utterly. Surrounded. Yet I raise Even now a futile barrier of sound Against the voice in silence I dispraise, Against the voice I dread that hems me round; To which, did I but listen, I should be Afraid of nothing. Nothing could frighten me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BAY VIOLETS by SISTER MARIS STELLA IT IS THE REED by SISTER MARIS STELLA NOW THAT CAN NEVER BE DONE by SISTER MARIS STELLA OXFORD BELLS by SISTER MARIS STELLA SAN MARCO MUSEUM, FLORENCE by SISTER MARIS STELLA THE PELICANS MY FATHER SEES by SISTER MARIS STELLA THIS ONE HEART-SHAKEN by SISTER MARIS STELLA TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |
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