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.

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.”

He is the corporate Silence: dread him not!

No power hath he of evil in himself;

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But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!)

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Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf,

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That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod

No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!