Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem/sonnet: The Three Silences of Molinos

Birds of Passage, poem(s) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A BOOK OF SONNETS - The Three Silences of Molinos
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________________________________________________ _ The Three Silences of Molinos TO JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Three Silences there are: the first of speech, The second of desire, the third of thought; This is the lore a Spanish monk, distraught With dreams and visions, was the first to teach. These Silences, commingling each with each, Made up the perfect Silence, that he sought And prayed for, and wherein at times he caught Mysterious sounds from realms beyond our reach. O thou, whose daily life anticipates The life to come, and in whose thought and word The spiritual world preponderates. Hermit of Amesbury! thou too hast heard Voices and melodies from beyond the gates, And speakest only when thy soul is stirred! Content of A BOOK OF SONNETS: The Three Silences of Molinos [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem collection: Birds of Passage] _ Read next: A BOOK OF SONNETS: The Two Rivers Read previous: A BOOK OF SONNETS: To the River Rhone Table of content of Birds of Passage GO TO TOP OF SCREEN Post your review Your review will be placed after the table of content of this book

Birds of Passage, poem(s) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow