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EYRIE (TO E.A.R.) by LOLA RIDGE

First Line: ONLY IN SILENCE CAN ONE HEAR, AS YOU
Last Line: ABOUT THE HEART, AND TIGHTEN AT THE TOUCH.
Subject(s): HEARTS; SYMPHONIES; CONCERTS;

Only in silence can one hear, as you,
The single sounds that, harshly incomplete,
Yet throb to golden music when they meet,
As one clear symphony. With altered hue --
Turned faintly roseblush, faring to the blue
Vast grape of night -- day lays down at your feet
Such tardy gifts as you, who for no sake
Find stooping easy, may yet leave or take --
You, who know stars by day where they go veiled
On secret silver thresholds, who have scaled
High sunsets, and have loved gold hair too much
To use . . . save for such moments as might leave
A strand of light that should forever weave
About the heart, and tighten at the touch.



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