I WHO have heard solemnities of sound -- The throbbing pulse of cities, the loud roar Of ocean on sheer ledges of gaunt rock, The chanting of innumerable winds Around white peaks, the plunge of cataracts, The whelm of avalanches, and, by night, The thunder's panic breath -- have come to know What is earth's mightiest voice -- the desert's voice -- Silence, that speaks with deafening tones of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TIME AND THE PERFUME RIVER by KAREN SWENSON COMMON DUST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO MY FIRST LOVE, MY MOTHER by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI AN HYMN IN HONOUR OF BEAUTY by EDMUND SPENSER BARCLAY OF URY by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |