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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILENCE, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are anhungered after solitude Last Line: The silent music of infinity? Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Duse, Eleonora (1858-1924) | |||
(To Eleonora Duse) We are anhungered after solitude, Deep stillness pure of any speech or sound, Soft quiet hovering over pools profound, The silences that on the desert brood, Above a windless hush of empty seas, The broad unfurling banners of the dawn, A faery forest where there sleeps a Faun; Our souls are fain of solitudes like these. O woman who divined our weariness, And set the crown of silence on your art, From what undreamed-of depth within your heart Have you sent forth the hush that makes us free To hear an instant, high above earth's stress, The silent music of infinity? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO ELEONORA DUSE (2) by SARA TEASDALE I HAVE SEEN THE SPRING' by SARA TEASDALE A LITTLE WHILE by SARA TEASDALE A MINUET OF MOZART'S by SARA TEASDALE A WINTER BLUEJAY by SARA TEASDALE |
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