Silence

In the wood, in the wood,

         Ye may hear a voice subdued;

Is it of a singing bird,

         Or a winding runnel heard

         In the wood?

In the wood, in the wood,

Ye may hear a voice subdued;

         Is it a young girl who trips,

         Or a little fawn that skips

         In the wood?

In the wood, in the wood,

         Ye may hear a voice subdued;

Is it the murmur of a dove,

Or a leaf dropped from above,

         In the wood?

In the wood, in the wood,

         Heard no more a voice subdued;

Creeps from tree to tree, alone,

All alone, the Silence, on

         In the Wood!