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278 A BLIND POET

ON A WOMAN SEEN UPON THE STAGE

("TESS," AS PLAYED BY MRS. FISKE)

OF ONE WHO NEITHER SEES NOR HEARS

(HELEN KELLER)

lives in light, not shadow;

Not silence, but the sound

Which thrills the stars of heaven

And trembles from the ground.

She breathes a finer ether,

Beholds a keener sun;

In her supernal being

Music and light are one.

Unknown the subtile senses

That lead her through the day;

Love, light, and song and color

Come by another way.