Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Feb. 27, 1807 - Mar. 24, 1882

 

Silent Love

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who love would seek,
Let him love evermore
And seldom speak;
For in love's domain
Silence must reign;
Or it brings the heart
Smart
And pain.

Source:

Longfellow's Poetical Works
Copyright 1893
Henry Frowde, London
 

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