IT seems an easy thing Mayhap one day to sing; Yet the next day We cannot sing or say. Keep silence with good heart, While silence fits our part: Another day We shall both sing and say. Keep silence, counting time To strike in at the chime: Prepare to sound, -- Our part is coming round. Can we not sing or say? In silence let us pray, And meditate Our love-song while we wait. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HEMP (A VIRGINIA LEGEND) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET THE OCTOROON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHILD OF MY HEART by EDWIN MARKHAM THE SPARROW HARK IN THE RAIN (ALEXANDER STEPHENS HEARS NEWS) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |