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THE INNER VOICE
QUE É ISTO DE SILÊNCIO?...
Que é isto de silêncio?
Não ouve o marinheiro o mar e ele ruge.
Nem o mar ouvirá jamais o marinheiro.
Que é isto de silêncio?
o cavador não ouve a cegarrega
nem pressentem ralos e cigarras
o aço da enxada.
Eis o ruído que não é connosco
por de nós ser parte:
— siléncio, pétala arriscada
da flor em tumulto.
Pedro Tamem
Only Be Still
‘Only be still, and in the silence grow,’
If thou art seeking what the gods bestow.
This is the simple, safe, and certain way
That leads to knowledge for which all men pray
Of higher laws to govern things below.
But in our restless discontent we go
With noisy importuning day on day—
Drowning the inner voice that strives to say
‘Only be still, and in the silence grow.’
We doubt, we cavil, and we talk of woe—
We delve in books, and waste our forces so;
We cling to creeds that were not meant to stay,
And close our ears to Truth’s immortal lay.
Oh wouldst thou see, and understand, and know?
‘Only be still, and in the silence grow,’
If thou art seeking what the gods bestow.
This is the simple, safe, and certain way
That leads to knowledge for which all men pray
Of higher laws to govern things below.
But in our restless discontent we go
With noisy importuning day on day—
Drowning the inner voice that strives to say
‘Only be still, and in the silence grow.’
We doubt, we cavil, and we talk of woe—
We delve in books, and waste our forces so;
We cling to creeds that were not meant to stay,
And close our ears to Truth’s immortal lay.
Oh wouldst thou see, and understand, and know?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Photos: 1,2 - unidentified author
Photos: 1,2 - unidentified author
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