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 wide desert where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound ; No voice is hushed —... Poems - Page 386by Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1823 - 734 pages
...arrive at it ? — We suppose that " HUence was took ere she was ware.'' SONNET.— SILEKCE. There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...cold grave— under the deep deep sea, Or in wide desart where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound ; No roice is hush'd,... | |
| 1823 - 496 pages
...We suppose that " Silence was took ere ihe was ware." SONNET. SILENCE. THERE is a silence where bath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may...cold grave — under the deep deep sea, Or in wide desart where no life is found, . Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound ; No voice is... | |
| American periodicals - 1839 - 372 pages
...the idle ground ; There is a silence where no sound may be, But in green ruins, in the desolate walls In the cold grave — under the deep, deep sea, Or...Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound ; Of antique palaces, where Man hath been, Though the dun fox, or wild hyena, calls, And owls, that... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1893 - 340 pages
...to the point and produce my cases. What shall we say of them, then ? HOOD declares that — " There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...be, In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea." and so forth ; doubtless yon remember the sonnet. Not there, however, is the true silence— " But... | |
| American periodicals - 1897 - 918 pages
...most beautiful sonnet on "Silence," by Thomas Hood, one of the choicest gems of literature:— There is a silence where hath been no sound; There is a...been mute and still must sleep profound. No voice is hushed — no lue treads silently, But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free, That never spoke, over... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...pitch — Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this - Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE. is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...deep sea, Or in wide desert where no life is found, [found ; Which hath been mute, and still must sleep proNo voice is hush'd — no life treads silently,... | |
| English literature - 1845 - 614 pages
...ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. SILENCE. THERE is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...may be, In the cold grave — under the deep, deep BHL, Or in wide desert, where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and still must sleep jrpforaW... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...— Would that its tone could reach the rich !— She sang this " Song of the Shirt !" SILENCE. TRERE is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...deep sea, Or in wide desert where no life is found, [found ; Which hath been mute, and still must sleep proNo voice is hush'd — no life treads silently,... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1846 - 292 pages
...sweet, thy gracious gifts are gifts of price, And more than gold to doting Avarice. vn. SILENCE. 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 wide desert where no life is found, Which hath been mute, and... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...sweet, thy gracious gifts are gifts of price, And more than gold to doting Avarice. SILENCE. THERE is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a...mute, and still must sleep profound ; No voice is hushed — no life treads silently, But clouds and cloudy shadows wander free, That never spoke, over... | |
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