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1884–1933

Night Song at Amalfi

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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