Possible Clues:

• Walt Whitman poem '___ Pondered in Silence'
• "It's just ___ thought!" (2 words)
• "___ was saying" (2 wds.)
• Thus (Sp.)
• "Just ___ thought!" ( 2 words)
• Elvis hit 'A Fool Such ___'
• Try / might link
• ''--- was saying''
• ''Unaccustomed --- am ...''
• "___ was going to St. Ives . . ."