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"All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most."
SilenceI have loved quiet in a leafy glade — Silence
"I have loved quiet in a leafy glade Where boughs embrace above a flowering way, Deep amber pools at sunset where the stray Soft twilight colors stain the willow shade And woodlands where sweet silence dwells."
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Silence is the absence of ambient audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be extended to apply to the cessation or absence of any form of communication, whether through speech or other medium. Remaining mute can be a symptom of mental illness.
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"Elected Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorlèd ear, Pipe me to pastures still and be The music that I care to hear. Shape nothing, lips; be lovely-dumb: It is the shut, the curfew sent From there where all surrenders come Which only makes you eloquent."
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