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SONGS OF THE SOUL
THY CRUEL SILENCE
I prayed to Thee
But Thou wert mute,
At Thy door I knocked,
Thou answered’st not,
I gave my tears
To soft’n Thy heart;
In cruel silence
Didst Thou watch.
But now I learn
The way to earn
Attention Thine:
I’ll weep and pray
Unceasingly—
In cruel silence—
Till time is old,
And earth grows cold,
Till life doth fail,
Till body fall;
Then if Thou speak’st
And dost wish me peace;—
Still I will pray and weep
In cruel silence deep.
But Thou wert mute,
At Thy door I knocked,
Thou answered’st not,
I gave my tears
To soft’n Thy heart;
In cruel silence
Didst Thou watch.
But now I learn
The way to earn
Attention Thine:
I’ll weep and pray
Unceasingly—
In cruel silence—
Till time is old,
And earth grows cold,
Till life doth fail,
Till body fall;
Then if Thou speak’st
And dost wish me peace;—
Still I will pray and weep
In cruel silence deep.
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