Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]
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Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]
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Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908
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Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company
1909
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II. SILENT.
I WILL not speak. For ever from old daysAnother voice assails him; shall mine comeTo break that perfect music? Make me dumb,God, who art merciful! and of thy graceKeep my lips silent. I have heard him praiseHer 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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