For You There is No Song
(1960)- Music by H. Leslie Adams
- Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
"For You There is No Song" is the third song of H. Leslie Adams' song cycle Five Millay Songs. This song is also included in the Anthology of Art Songs by Black American Composers.
For You There is No Song
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
For you there is no song,
Only the shaking of the voice that meant to sing,
The sound of the strong voice breaking.
Strange in my hand appears the pen,
And yours broken
There are ink and tears on the page.
Only the tears have spoken.
