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A FOOLISH TONGUE, by                 Poet Analysis    
First Line: Her face is full of silent pain
Last Line: Rise up, and cry — 'for shame!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Pain; Vengeance; Suffering; Misery


Her face is full of silent Pain —
Forgive my foolish tongue;
I with my one desire in life,
To praise our love in song.

If I should do this thing again,
Lord, let Thy vengeance come;
Take back Thy precious gift of song,
And strike me cold and dumb!

If I again forget her love,
And utter words of blame,
Let my own mother from her grave
Rise up, and cry — 'For shame!'





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