Say something to me! I've waited so long-- br Waited and wondered in vain; br Only a sentence would fall like a song br Over this listening pain-- br Over a silence that glowers and frowns,-- br Even my pencil to-night br Slips in the dews of my sorrow and wounds br Each tender word that I write. br br Say something to me--if only to tell br Me you remember the past; br Let the sweet words, like the notes of a bell, br Ring out my vigil at last. br O it were better, far better than this br Doubt and distrust in the breast,-- br For in the wine of a fanciful kiss br I could taste Heaven, and--rest. br br Say something to me! I kneel and I plead, br In my wild need, for a word; br If my poor heart from this silence were freed, br I could soar up like a bird br In the glad morning, and twitter and sing, br Carol and warble and cry br Blithe as the lark as he cruises awing br Over the deeps of the sky.