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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT VOICE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography
First Line: I who have heard solemnities of sound
Last Line: Silence, that speaks with deafening tones of god.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Silence; Voices
First Line: I who have heard solemnities of sound
Last Line: Silence, that speaks with deafening tones of god.
Subject(s): Deserts; Food & Eating; Silence; Voices
I WHO have heard solemnities of sound --
The throbbing pulse of cities, the loud roar
Of ocean on sheer ledges of gaunt rock,
The chanting of innumerable winds
Around white peaks, the plunge of cataracts,
The whelm of avalanches, and, by night,
The thunder's panic breath -- have come to know
What is earth's mightiest voice -- the desert's voice --
Silence, that speaks with deafening tones of God.
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