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In the depth of my soul there is A wordless song - a song that lives In the seed of my heart. It refuses to melt with ink on Parchment it engulfs my affection In a transparent cloak and flows, But not upon my lips.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Heart
Depth
Melt
Refuse
Ink
Lips
Refuses
Flow
Transparent
Engulfs
Upon
Flows
Parchment
Lives
Seed
Wordless
Song
Seeds
Cloak
Soul
Affection
Cloaks

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