GOD of the silence! must my prayer be vain For her whose lips will laugh no more with spring? Hast thou no boon except this peaceless pain In whose dull presence heart nor soul can sing? Ah! I had dreamed of good in every thing — If there be good in death it is not plain — God of the silence! must my prayer be vain For her whose lips will laugh no more with spring? There is deep meaning in the wind and rain, I can see light where war's black cannons ring — But when her harmless little life is slain, It is so hard to find grace in the sting; God of the silence! must my prayer be vain For her whose lips will laugh no more with spring? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: GOTTLIEB GERALD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CLASS SONG (WHICH WILL BE SUNG ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY) by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE LETTER; EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, DIED FEBRUARY 27, 1887 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH POEM FOR PICTURE: TO AN OIL PAINTING BY WINSLOW HOMER (DRIFTWOOD) by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. |