The words the happy say 1
Are paltry melody
But those the silent feel
Are beautiful－
Are paltry melody
But those the silent feel
Are beautiful－
(F.1767/J.1750)
[1] words:: by manual alphabets for the hearing disorder.
[2] melody:: the hand gestures look like notations on staff.
[3] the silent:: the people with hearing disorder.
[3, 4] feel, beautiful:: they see words.
Mr. Gallaudet is represented in the act of teaching little children the manual alphabet. Three children are presented, two boys and one girl, and the execution of their faces and forms is very beautiful. ─ The Connecticut Common School Journal and Annals of Education (1854)