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Sonnet Silence
(1840)

by Edgar Allan Poe
(1809-1849)
There are some qualitiessome 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 Silencesea and shore-
Body and soul. One dwells in lonely places,
Newly with grass o'ergrown; some solemn graces,
Some human memories...
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