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There are some qualities — some incorporate things,
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That have a double life, which thus is made
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A type of that twin entity which springs
From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade.
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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,
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Render him terrorless: his name's “No More.” [page 105:]
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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,
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That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod
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No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!
(1840)
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 104:]
Title Silence. A Sonnet (B. G.M.).
2 which thus is: life aptly (B. G. M., S.M.).
3 A: The (B. G. M., S.M.).
[The following variants appear at the bottom of page 105:]
14 That haunteth: Who haunteth (B. G. M.); lone: dim (B. G. M.).
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Notes:
None.
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[S:0 - KCP, 1917] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Sonnet -- To Science (ed. K. Campbell, 1917)