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1861–1899

GOOD SPEECH

Archibald Lampman

Think not, because thine inmost heart means well, Thou hast the freedom of rude speech: sweet words Are like the voices of returning birds Filling the soul with summer, or a bell

That calls the weary and the sick to prayer. Even as thy thought, so let thy speech be fair.

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