Love
Silent Love
From Translations
Love
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.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from the German (original author not named in the source)
Cite this poem
MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Silent Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/383/.
Chicago
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Silent Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/383/.
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