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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EYRIE (TO E.A.R.), by LOLA RIDGE Poet's Biography
First Line: Only in silence can one hear, as you
Last Line: About the heart, and tighten at the touch.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): Hearts; Symphonies; Concerts
First Line: Only in silence can one hear, as you
Last Line: About the heart, and tighten at the touch.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): Hearts; Symphonies; Concerts
Only in silence can one hear, as you,
The single sounds that, harshly incomplete,
Yet throb to golden music when they meet,
As one clear symphony. With altered hue --
Turned faintly roseblush, faring to the blue
Vast grape of night -- day lays down at your feet
Such tardy gifts as you, who for no sake
Find stooping easy, may yet leave or take --
You, who know stars by day where they go veiled
On secret silver thresholds, who have scaled
High sunsets, and have loved gold hair too much
To use . . . save for such moments as might leave
A strand of light that should forever weave
About the heart, and tighten at the touch.
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