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Deaf and Dumb (Browning)

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Deaf and Dumb (1868)
by Robert Browning
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               A Group By Woolner

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.