Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SILENCE, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT


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SILENCE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So silent is the world to-night
Last Line: Is silent 'neath this hour's control.
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Silence


So silent is the world to-night
The lamp gives silence out like light,
The latticed windows open wide
Show silence, like the night, outside:
The nightingale's faint song draws near
Like musical silence to mine ear.
The empty house calls not to me,
"Here, but for fate, were thou and she -- "
Its gibe for once is checked. To-night
Silence is queen in grief's despite,
And even the longing of my soul
Is silent 'neath this hour's control.







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