Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TOWER OF SILENCE, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI


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First Line: Silent! Tread airily!
Last Line: Walk hence reverently!
Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Peace; Silence; Dead, The; Paradise


Silent! Tread airily!
Hush, pilgrim!
Lay your tribute softly,
They sleep, they sleep ...
The dwellers of this tower lonely.

From life's path tortuous,
Travelled they
To this solemn house that towers
Its head
To the heavens' eternal bowers.

Pray soulfully, mutely,
Kneel reverently,
Utter no word, sadly, coldly,
Walk hence humbly.

They sleep, the dead,
In that tower;
Laying their burdened heads
At God's feet,
As they lie at rest on the couch of death.

Silent! Tread airily!
Hush, pilgrim!
Lay your tribute softly—
They sleep, they sleep ...
The dwellers of this tower lonely.

Ah, have they spoken to thee
A soundless word?
Weep not, though to live is to weep,
Ah, gently, gently,
Walk hence reverently!





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