Here you will find the Poem For The Reader's Ear of poet Jose Asuncion Silva
No, that was not passion, It was the vague tenderness Inspired by a sickly child, Lang syne, and moon pale nights. The spirit sings only When the heart is moved, When, shaken by love?s power, it trembles, Broods, draws back, says not a word. True passion might in fact Have been?these pages, That were they written in happier times Would have appeared as tears, not verses.
