| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 80. The Silence of Love |
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| I COULD praise you once with beautiful words ere you came | |
| And entered my life with love in a wind of flame. | |
| I could lure with a song from afar my bird to its nest, | |
| But with pinions drooping together silence is best. | |
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| In the land of beautiful silence the winds are laid, | 5 |
| And life grows quietly one in the cloudy shade. | |
| I will not waken the passion that sleeps in the heart, | |
| For the winds that blew us together may blow us apart. | |
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| Fear not the stillness; for doubt and despair shall cease | |
| With the gentle voices guiding us into peace. | 10 |
| Our dreams will change as they pass through the gates of gold, | |
| And Quiet, the tender shepherd, shall keep the fold. | |
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