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The Little Word We Wished to Say

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 5.

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The Little Word We Wished to Say

By Margaret Root Garvin

O LITTLE word we wish to say, Behind our lips you hide away! Your bolder, baser brothers pass, And men will judge by these, alas!
Forgiven fault and comrade cheer You have withheld from hearts most dear; Why, when they called, did you not come? O little word, why were you dumb?
And now — ah, pity! — none may guess How much you held of happiness; How fair you were, how wise, how gay — The little word we wished to say!
— Margaret Root Garvin.