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Silence

Edgar Allan Poe·1809–1849
Lines:15Movement:Romanticism
There are some qualities--some incorporate things, That have a double life, which thus is madeA type of that twin entity which springs From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.There is a twofold _Silence_--sea and shore-- Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places, Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces,Some human memories and tearful lore,Render him terrorless: his name's "No More."He is the corporate Silence: dread him not! No power hath he of evil in himself;But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!) Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,That haunteth the lone regions where hath trodNo foot of man), commend thyself to God!