Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
The Lip and the Heart
By John Quincy Adams (1767–1848)[Poems, etc. 1848.]
O
A wordless strife arose,
Which was expertest in the art
His purpose to disclose.
And made him vouch—a lie!
The slave his servile anthem sung,
And braved the listening sky.
Nor could his purpose reach—
His will nor voice nor tongue obeyed,
His silence was his speech.
While each performs his part,
Not all the lip can speak is worth
The silence of the heart.