Silence Lyrics

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!

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!