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No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  3. Is this the hill? is this the kirk? Is this mine own countree?
  4. 'Ha! ha!' quoth he, 'full plain I see, The Devil knows how to row.'
  5. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he…
  6. Farewell, farewell! but this I tell To thee, thou Wedding-Guest! He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.
  7. The man hath penance done, And penance more will do.
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Topics in this quote

  • nature
  • emotion
  • perception
  • music
  • contemplation
  • silence

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