But it never can be shared,

And one word would break its spell!


[BORN DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND]
(At an Asylum)

A flower-soft hand once took my own,—

That touch I never shall forget!

A strange voice spoke—so strange a tone

Mine ear had never met!

It said, “Come—see—my—garden,—Come!”

(The flower-soft fingers closer twined):