Three Silences there are: the first of speech, The second of…

Three Silences there are: the first of speech,
The second of desire, the third of thought;
This is the lore a Spanish monk, distraught
With dreams and visions, was the first to teach.

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The Three Silences of Molinos (1878)

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Look, then, into thine heart, and write! - View Quote Details on Look, then, into thine heart, and write!
Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For ye are living poems,
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Thus departed Hiawatha,
Hiawatha the Beloved,
In the glory of the sunset,
In the purple mists of evening,
To the regions of the home-wind,
Of the Northwest-Wind, Keewaydin,
To the Islands of the Blessed,
To the Kingdom of Ponemah,
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In the glory of the sunset,
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Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands. - View Quote Details on Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty…
In the long, sleepless watches of the night,
A gentle face — the face of one long dead —
Looks at me from the wall, where round its head
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A gentle face…
Between the dark and the daylight,
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day’s occupation,
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There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his sickle keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
And the flowers that grow between. - View Quote Details on There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
And, with his…
Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart. - View Quote Details on Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back…
I stood on the bridge at midnight,
As the clocks were striking the hour,
And the moon rose o’er the city,
Behind the dark church-tower. - View Quote Details on I stood on the bridge at midnight,
As the clocks were…
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
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Than youth itself, though in…