"It Is Not a Word"

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"It Is Not a Word"
by Sara Teasdale


It is not a word spoken,
     Few words are said;
Nor even a look of the eyes
     Nor a bend of the head,
But only a hush of the heart
     That has too much to keep,
Only memories waking
     That sleep so light a sleep.


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