Silence

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Silence

There are some qualitiesвБ†вАФsome incorporate things,

That have a double life, which thus is made

A type of that twin entity which springs

From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.

There is a two-fold SilenceвБ†вАФsea and shoreвБ†вАФ

Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,

Newly with grass oвАЩergrown; some solemn graces,

Some human memories and tearful lore,

Render him terrorless: his nameвАЩs вАЬNo More.вАЭ

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 trod

No foot of man), commend thyself to God!