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SILENCE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: TIS BETTER TO SIT HERE BESIDE THE SEA
Last Line: IS FULL OF DEEPEST SPEECH.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; SILENCE;

'T IS better to sit here beside the sea,
Here on the spray-kissed beach,
In silence, that between such friends as we
Is full of deepest speech.



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