Emily Dickinson

10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts

Speech is one symptom of Affection

Speech is one symptom of Affection
And Silence one -
The perfectest communication
Is heard of none -

Exists and its indorsement
Is had within -
Behold, said the Apostle,
Yet had not seen!
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