The sensuous world contains both word and fire.

Spoken words are part of a complex,
Of gesture, touch, expression, and desire.
They are not cut off separate, nor perplexed.
The sensuous world contains both word and fire.

To  concentrate   communion to mere   tongue,
To ignore  all  expression  but our words
Seems  to be a folly and a wrong
For all happens cannot but be heard

Our hands, our eyes, our movement  create shapes
With speech, we learn  to give shape  proper form;
And as a  love in his bed may grope,
His heart seeks for the words which work as charms

There is no split between our worlds and minds
Their conjunction  gifts appropriate signs