And all day long, so close and near,
As in a mystic dream I hear
Their gentle accents kind and dear -
The old familiar voices.
They have no sound that I can reach -
But silence sweeter is than speech. (Dinah Craik)

And all day long, so close and near, As in a mystic dream I hear Their gentle accents kind and dear - The old familiar voices. They have no sound that I can reach - But silence sweeter is than speech.

Dinah Craik

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