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the language of silence.

That those vivid circles that o'er the lip play
With the light flash of lightning, our feelings portray!

There's a silence that speaks in the low hectic tinge,
And the brilliancy sparkling beneath the dark fringe;
And the throbs heard to beat in that fast-fading form,
Tell a far sadder tale than the lip could have borne.

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