The Strange and Difficult Question

Stop stop you bewilder me I don't know what to say There is some answer to you Please don't speak now Let me think Or, rather let me try not to think Words! Mere words How terrible they are How clear, and vivid, and cruel! I cannot escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there is in them Words have a music of their own As sweet as that of violin or harp Mere words! Is there anything as real as words?