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Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, Give me juicy autumnal fruit ripe and red from the orchard, Give me a field where the unmowed grass grows, Give me an arbor, give me the trellised grape, Give me fresh corn and wheat, give me serene... Poet: Walt Whitman	Silent Baby The Baby sits in her cradle, Watching the world go round, Enrapt in a mystical silence, Amid all the tumult of sound. She must be akin to the flowers, For no one has heard A whispered word From this silent baby of ours. ... Poet: Ellen Bartlett Currier	“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought” Sonnet Xxx. when to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste: Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, For precious friends... Poet: William Shakespeare	Song of the Silent Land Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Das stille Land” INTO the Silent Land! Ah, who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand. Who leads us with a gentle... Poet: Johann Gaudenz von Salis-Seewis
Silent, Silent Night * * * Silent, Silent Night Quench the holy light Of thy torches bright. For possess'd of Day Thousand spirits stray That sweet joys betray. Why should joys be... Poet:	There is no Silence in the Earth — so silent There is no Silence in the Earth — so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World. Poet:	To a silent poet I see the sons of Genius rise The nobles of our land; And foremost in the gathering ranks I see the poet band. That Priesthood of the beautiful, ... Poet: