Dramatis Personæ

Deaf And Dumb

A Group By Woolner

Robert Browning


ONLY the prism’s obstruction shows aright
The secret of a sunbeam, breaks its light
Into the jewelled bow from blankest white;
    So may a glory from defect arise:
Only by Deafness may the vexed Love wreak
Its insuppressive sense on brow and cheek,
Only by Dumbness adequately speak
    As favoured mouth could never, through the eyes.


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