by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Silence
Language: English
'T is better to sit here beside the sea, Here on the spray-kissed beach, In silence, that between such friends as we Is full of deepest speech.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Silence" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lena Johnson McLin (1928 - 2023), "Silence", 1987, from Songs of Love, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 27