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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIS ONE HEART-SHAKEN, by SISTER MARIS STELLA Poet's Biography First Line: It was only my own voice that I had heard Last Line: "I am afraid of silence. I am afraid." Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava | |||
It was only my own voice that I had heard, But at first I did not know it for my own. Although my lips had formed no single word, And the voice seemed one that I had never known, Still it was mine. I knew that it must be: This secret voice that I had not surmised, This cry flung from the unsuspected sea Of loneliness by which I was surprised. It was as though my other selves came thronging To see this wonder washed up on the shore, This one, heart-shaken with immortal longing, That must possess its life forever more. And over and over again one cry she made: "I am afraid of silence. I am afraid." | 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 THE VOICE by SISTER MARIS STELLA THE EARLY MORNING by HILAIRE BELLOC |
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