Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
Silent OnesFrances Shaw
I
I like to hear them speak,
Because their voices come from the silences
Of their own souls.
I seem to hear the sound
Of windless forests
And of still waters,
Which wrapt the earth before the day of man.
They know not, however, what they speak;
But I, who dwell in the roar of many streets—
I who listen, hear.