Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG OF THE SILENT LAND, by JOHANN GAUDENZ VON SALIS-SEEWIS


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SONG OF THE SILENT LAND, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Into the silent land!
Last Line: Into the silent land!
Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Dead, The


INTO the Silent Land!
Ah, who shall lead us thither?
Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather
And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand.
Who leads us with a gentle hand
Thither, oh, thither,
Into the Silent Land?

Into the Silent Land!
To you, ye boundless regions
Of all perfection! Tender morning-visions
Of beauteous souls! The future's pledge and band!
Who in life's battle firm doth stand
Shall bear hope's tender blossoms
Into the Silent Land!

O Land! O Land!
For all the broken-hearted
The mildest herald by our fate allotted
Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand
To lead us with a gentle hand
Into the land of the great departed?
Into the Silent Land!




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