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Sara Teasdale

I asked the heaven of stars
 What I should give my love—
It answered me with silence,
 Silence above.

I asked the darkened sea
 Down where the fishers go—
It answered me with silence,
 Silence below.

Oh, I could give him weeping,
 Or I could give him song—
But how can I give silence,
 My whole life long?

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From Love Songs | 1917

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