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TRUTH IN SILENCE

I have made you a song, my dear,
Because I love you;
Because there is nobody here
In the world above you:
It is only a simple song
Of a heart's deep pining
To have the hidden revealed
By a constant shining.
But a shadow of truth, my dear,
Is seen when I find you
Suddenly turned to me here
As I step behind you:
Though the lips have never a word,
Thank Love for the token
Unwarily kept! It is more
Than a silence broken.