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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUATRAIN: SILENCE, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN
First Line: Her weary head poised on one upraised hand
Last Line: What thought is hidden in her aching heart.
Subject(s): Grief; Silence; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Her weary head poised on one upraised hand
Last Line: What thought is hidden in her aching heart.
Subject(s): Grief; Silence; Sorrow; Sadness
Her weary head poised on one upraised hand
Sweet Silence whom we all love sits apart,
And none of us who would can understand
What thought is hidden in her aching heart.
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