Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/Golden Silences

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4553970Poems — Golden SilencesChristina Georgina Rossetti
GOLDEN SILENCES.
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.