The God Of Silence
by Katharine Lee Bates
The God of Silence, at whose ancient shrine
The Persians worshipped, was it thou, O Death,
Thou who wilt grant thy favor, stern, benign,
For no less offering than pulse and breath?
Source:
Yellow Clover: A Book Of RemembranceCopyright 1922
E. P. Dutton & Company, New York