Speech after long silence; it is right,
All other lovers being estranged or dead,
Unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,
The curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,
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Personally the more silence the better- - old fools think that their accumulation of years have made them incredibly wise, young fools think their youth fresh and incredibly intelligent.
A beautifully envisioned great poem lauding speaking after a long silence and the experience and maturity given by old age to the persons who were immature and ignorant during youth.
Speech After long silence is wise. Good Morny From Nigeria.
This is a wonderful poem. The lamplight is unfriendly because the lovers have been around but now are both old. The night is unfriendly because they can no longer go a' roving under the light of the moon. The concluding lines tell us that both recognise that wisdom is the product of age and experience. For the young, love is the be-all and end-all, sufficient in itself unto the day.
WHY use a robot to read this?