Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOW SOFTLY, SILENCE, by WADE WRIGHT OLIVER


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First Line: Now softly, silence, bend above her, dead
Last Line: Who henceforth sings in butterfly and rose.
Subject(s): Silence


Now softly, Silence, bend above her, dead,
Who, living, spoke with silence utterly;
Her voice an eyelid's droop, an upturned head,
A hand's white flutter vocal incredibly.
And all her songs so silent; one a tune
Sung by two glances from low-lidded eyes,
One an arpeggio thrilling to the moon
That was her wee face lifted in surprise.

Softlier, Silence, and more softly bend
Above her, dead, who was too young for speech,
Or even babbling cries that merge and blend
In little words that flutter out of reach;
Yet softlier, Earth, around her frail form close
Who henceforth sings in butterfly and rose.





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