There are some qualities- some incorporate things, <br /> That have a double life, which thus is made <br /> A type of that twin entity which springs <br /> From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade. <br /> There is a two-fold Silence- sea and shore- <br /> Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places, <br /> Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces, <br /> Some human memories and tearful lore, <br /> Render him terrorless: his name's "No More." <br /> He is the corporate Silence: dread him not! <br /> No power hath he of evil in himself; <br /> But should some urgent fate (untimely lot!) <br /> Bring thee to meet his shadow (nameless elf, <br /> That haunteth the lone regions where hath trod <br /> No foot of man,) commend thyself to God!<br /><br />Edgar Allan Poe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-silence/
