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Poem by Walter Savage Landor


Idle Words


They say that every idle word
Is numbered by the Omniscient Lord.
O Parliament! 'tis well that He
Endureth for Eternity,
And that a thousand Angels wait
To write them at thy inner gate.



Walter Savage Landor


Walter Savage Landor's other poems:
  1. Past Ruin'd Ilion Helen Lives
  2. With Rosy Hand a Little Girl Prest Down
  3. Well I Remember How You Smiled
  4. Pleasure! Why Thus Desert the Heart
  5. The Gates of Fame and of the Grave


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