Poem by Sara Teasdale

Night Song of Amalfi

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

I asked the darkened sea
    Down where the fishermen 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?

1. Swans
2. The Ghost
3. The River
4. November
5. The Song for Colin

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