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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SERENADE, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE
First Line: The leaves in the shadows
Last Line: The silence sing for me.
Subject(s): Love; Night; Silence; Bedtime
First Line: The leaves in the shadows
Last Line: The silence sing for me.
Subject(s): Love; Night; Silence; Bedtime
THE leaves in the shadow
And starlight are glistening;
Ahark is the darkness!—
Love, art thou listening?
Love, art thou listening? ...
The night shall adore thee,
And, when we are parted,
The silence sing for me.
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