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 that 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  lover in his bed may grope,
His heart seeks for the words which will be charms

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