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AN ANSWER by BAYARD TAYLOR

First Line: YOU CALL ME COLD: YOU WONDER WHY
Last Line: THE TOUCH OF ICE AND FIRE IS ONE.
Subject(s): BLINDNESS; LOVE; NATURE; STOICISM; VISUALLY HANDICAPPED;
You call me cold: you wonder why
The marble of a mien like mine
Gives fiery sparks of Poesy,
Or softens at Love's touch divine.

Go, look on Nature, you will find
It is the rock that feels the sun:
But you are blind, -- and to the blind
The touch of ice and fire is one.



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