Night Song at Amalfi

Night Song at Amalfi by Sara Teasdale

From Love Songs Part I.

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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