There Is A Silence Where Hath Been No Sound, There Is A Silence Where No Sound May Be,-- In The Cold Grave, Under The Deep, Deep Sea, Or In The Wide Desert Where No Life Is Found.

There Is A Silence Where Hath Been No Sound, There Is A Silence Where No Sound May Be,-- In The Cold Grave, Under The Deep, Deep Sea, Or In The Wide Desert Where No Life Is Found.

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There is a silence where hath been no sound,
There is a silence where no sound may be,--
In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea,
Or in the wide desert where no life is found.
-- Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
-- Sonnet, Silence

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