One day between the Lip and the Heart <br />A wordless strife arose, <br />Which was expertest in the art <br />His purpose to disclose. <br /> <br />The Lip called forth the vassal Tongue, <br />And made him vouch—a lie! <br />The slave his servile anthem sung, <br />And braved the listening sky. <br /> <br />The Heart to speak in vain essayed, <br />Nor could his purpose reach— <br />His will nor voice nor tongue obeyed, <br />His silence was his speech. <br /> <br />Mark thou their difference, child of earth! <br />While each performs his part, <br />Not all the lip can speak is worth <br />The silence of the heart.<br /><br />John Quincy Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-lip-and-the-heart/
