THERE is silence that saith, "Ah me ! "
There is silence that nothing saith ;
One the silence of life forlorn,
One the silence of death ;
One is, and the other shall be.
One we know and have known for long,
One we know not, but we shall know,
All we who have ever been born ;
Even so, be it so, —
There is silence, despite a song.
Sowing day is a silent day,
Resting night is a silent night;
But whoso reaps the ripened corn
Shall shout in his delight,
While silences vanish away.