The Inner Silence
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
Noises that strive to tear
Earth's mantle soft of air
And break upon the stillness where it dwells:
The noise of battle and the noise of prayer,
The cooing noise of love that softly tells
Joy's brevity, the brazen noise of laughter—
All these affront me not, nor echo after
Through the long memories.
They may not enter the deep chamber where
Forever silence is.
Silence more soft than spring hides in the ground
Beneath her budding flowers;
Silence more rich than ever was the sound
Of harps through long warm hours,
'Tis like a hidden vastness, even as though
Great suns might there beat out their measures slow
Nor break the hush mightier than they.
There do I dwell eternally,
There where no thought may follow me,
Nor stillest dreams whose pinions plume the way.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABABCCXAX DEDEFFGHHG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 771 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
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