Poems (Angier)/Our Secret

by Annie Lanman Angier

OUR SECRET. A Madrigal.

I never said—"I love thee!"
 But when I bend in prayer,
One treasured name is on my lips,
 Its whisper stirs the air.

I never said—"I love thee!"
 My voice to thee is dumb;
But if of thee another speak,
 What tender thoughts will come,

I never said—"I love thee!"
 My hand thine may not be,
But ever will the faithful shell
 Moan for the far-off sea.

I never said—"I love thee!"
 But there's a beauteous clime,
Where solved are all the mysteries
 O'er which we weep in time;

And up in those bright mansions,
 Where all is pure and fair;
We'll break our long kept silence,
 And tell our secret there!