There are some qualities -- some 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 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 trod No foot of man,) commend thyself to God! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN INTERNATIONAL EPISODE (1889) by CAROLINE KING DUER TO ATHENA by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 76. YA WALI by EDWIN ARNOLD INTROSPECTION by GEORGE ARNOLD ANIMALS, AND THEIR COUNTRIES by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD MR. BARNEY MAGUIRE'S ACCOUNT OF THE CORONATION by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |