Nature

Good Speech

by Archibald Lampman 1861–1899

From Alcyone (1899)

Nature

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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From Alcyone (1899)

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Lampman, Archibald. “Good Speech.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lampman/127/.

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