| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Silence Stirs Again | | By Marion Strobel |
| | From “Song Sketches”
THE SILENCE that has lain so long between us | |
| Stirs again: | |
| The rushes bend in shining pathways | |
| To the shining end; | |
| The air is burdened with the rose that is not there— | 5 |
| Always the rose. | |
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| I have no laughter now, no tears— | |
| Only the silence grows big with years, | |
| Only the silence has a touch | |
| That hurts overmuch. | 10 |
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| The rushes bend | |
| In shining pathways to the shining end; | |
| Bend, and close. | | | | |
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