These be
Three silent things:
The falling snow... The hour
Before the dawn... The mouth of one
Just dead.

Adelaide Crapsey

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Topic

Silence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Crapsey, Adelaide. "Triad." Verse. Manas Press, 1915.

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