Night Song at Amalfi

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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 fishes 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?

Sara Teasdale, Night Song at Amalfi