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words fail someone

Of a person: to be incapable of describing something with words, especially due to fear, shock, or surprise.
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Nature has given me the passion for poesy, but refused me the boon of words and the faculty of expressing my thoughts. I think deeply, but when I wish to speak words fail me. If I wish to write, it is still worse.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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