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Sound-- That stealeth ever on the ear of him Who, musing, gazeth on the distance dim, And sees the darkness coming as a cloud-- Is not its form--its voice--most palpable and loud?

Edgar Allan Poe
Distance, Clouds, Voice
Edgar Allan Poe (2015). “Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales”, p.45, Library of America
Sound-- That stealeth ever on the ear of him Who, musing, gazeth on the distance dim, And sees the darkness coming as a cloud-- Is not its form--its voice--most palpable and loud?