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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WERE I BUT HIS OWN WIFE by ELLEN MARY PATRICK DOWNING ABYSS by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS SONG: THE STRICKEN DEER by THOMAS MOORE THE HOUSE AT EVENING by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |