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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MUTE, by NELLE GRAVES MCGILL First Line: I cannot speak the thoughts Last Line: It seems that I must speak, or I shall die! Subject(s): Speech; Oratory; Orators | |||
I cannot speak the thoughts That crowd my throat to aching; I cannot speak the dreams That fill my heart to breaking. Yet when in spring I see the pear tree keeping Her fragrant, snowy tapers lifted high; Or sometimes, when I watch a baby sleeping; Or when an old man smiling totters by; Or sometimes, when a butterfly goes winging Its fragile way across a windy sky; Or sometimes, when I hear a young girl singing -- It seems that I must speak, or I shall die! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION by ANSELM HOLLO THE ORATION; AFTER CAVAFY by CAROLYN KIZER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A SIMPLIFICATION by RICHARD WILBUR MOTHER TONGUE by RANDY BLASING THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER by MARVIN BELL SATIRE: 1 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS A DEATH SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: THE BEGINNER by RUDYARD KIPLING |
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