Speak you too, speak as the last, say out your say. Speak- But don’t split off No from Yes.Give your say this meaning too: Give it the shadow. Give it shadow enough, Give it as much As you know is spread round you from Midnight to midday and midnight. Look around: See how things all come alive- By death! Alive! Speaks true who speaks shadow. But now the place shrinks, where you stand: Where now, shadow-stripped, where? Climb. Grope upwards. Thinner you grow, less knowable, finer! Finer: a thread The star wants to descend on: So as to swim down beliow, down here Where it sees itself shimmer:in the swell Of wandering words. . Paul Celan
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This quote is a part of the poem written by Alexander Pope. The line “Give your say this meaning too” means that you should always be sure that you are doing the right thing. You should give your opinions on the matter, even if it is not popular or if you are afraid to express them. You should give your advice to people, whether they ask for it or not, because you have all the right to do so.

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