Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNLOCKED, by WILLIAM CLYDE FITCH


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First Line: I could not speak what yet I often wished to say
Last Line: At last love opened wide my lips and let me speak.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fitch, Clyde
Subject(s): Love


I COULD not speak what yet I often wished to say;
A pretty compliment I'd think, but -- puff, away
It flew on wings, before I gave it breath, the while
Another's graceful words had won the longed-for smile.
Then lo, a miracle, -- no warning, forth there rushed
All that I e'er had thought of grace, and lips had hushed.
Devotion, adoration, nothing left to seek,
At last love opened wide my lips and let me speak.





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