Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


SILENCE SINGS by THOMAS STURGE MOORE

First Line: SO FAINT, NO EAR IS SURE IT HEARS
Last Line: THAT JOY ABOUND.
Subject(s): SILENCE;

So faint, no ear is sure it hears,
So faint and far;
So vast that very near appears
My voice, both here and in each star
Unmeasured leagues do bridge between;
Like that which on a face is seen
Where secrets are;

Sweeping, like veils of lofty balm,
Tresses unbound
O'er desert sand, o'er ocean calm,
I am wherever is not sound;
And, goddess of the truthful face,
My beauty doth instil its grace
That joy abound.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net