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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS SECOND WIFE SPEAKS: 2. SILENT, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I will not speak. For ever from old days
Last Line: I will be faithful, but I will not speak.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Fidelity; Silence; Faithfulness; Constancy
First Line: I will not speak. For ever from old days
Last Line: I will be faithful, but I will not speak.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Fidelity; Silence; Faithfulness; Constancy
I WILL not speak. For ever from old days
Another voice assails him; shall mine come
To break that perfect music? Make me dumb,
God, who art merciful! and of thy grace
Keep my lips silent. I have heard him praise
Her speech, as sweet as late bird singing home,
And soft as on far shore breaks the pale foam,
Tender as twilight's peace on woodland ways.
I serve his pleasure, wait with ears attent;
Indeed, it well befits me to be meek:
His joy is passed, his fortune has been spent,
And I -- he found me when he turned to seek,
In place of bliss, some pale and dull content --
I will be faithful, but I will not speak.
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