Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SILENCE, by MAUDE DE VERSE NEWTON


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SILENCE, by                    
First Line: I who only knew
Last Line: Did I know utter, tideless hush.
Subject(s): Silence


I who only knew
The canyons men contrive
By rearing walls of stone and brick,
Where human bees in cities hive --

I who knew the skies
That daylight wore or dark
Above the turrets of a town,
Or neatly ordered city park --

I had quiet known,
Or thought it silence when
The roaring of my canyons ceased,
Deserted for the night by men.

Silence? I was wrong;
Not till I climbed the heights
Of barren, tilting mountain slopes,
Where eagles wing their soundless flights --

Not until I saw
A mountain-dawn at blush,
Where hoary, watching peaks looked forth
Did I know utter, tideless hush.





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