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VIBRATIONS AND RAYS
101 It is a general habit of man to overvalue his intellectual world, and to underestimate his emotional life. The inner chamber which is the seat and source of the emotions is a place of silence. As darkness brings relief to the tired eye, so silence provides a sanctuary of rest to the over-burdened ear and restores vitality to the harassed nerves. By retiring into this silent chamber we have access to a finer range of vibrations beyond the din of the outward senses. Here we listen to "The Song that has no sound.” The well-known writer, the late Clifford Harrison, has left some verses on this subject which are worth recalling : No thought we feel, yet cannot quite expressNo momentary wish or willingness To make joy purer, or one pain the less, But carries on the "Song that has no sound.” See how all colours lose themselves in light, They still are there though they have fled our sight, So Music, at a point, from us takes flight Into the perfect "Song that has no sound.” Oh, love of lovers, and all love that lies Twixt souls that on the flame of love arise, What are ye but the far-off melodies That reach us from “The Song that has no sound ?”
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