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Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope, #4)

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Why is the book called Silent Voices?
Sarah It's a phrase (and the title) from a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in 1892. The full (short) poem is recalled in the subject matter of this b…moreIt's a phrase (and the title) from a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in 1892. The full (short) poem is recalled in the subject matter of this book, as it is about regrets that haunt the protagonist. The poem reads:
WHEN the dumb Hour, clothed in black,
Brings the Dreams about my bed,
Call me not so often back,
Silent Voices of the dead,
Toward the lowland ways behind me,
And the sunlight that is gone!
Call me rather, silent voices,
Forward to the starry track
Glimmering up the heights beyond me
On, and always on!(less)
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