
audiobook
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
BY - ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
BOSTON HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1885
SONGS OF THE SILENT WORLD - AND OTHER POEMS
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A quietly powerful chorus of verses invites listeners into the inner spaces where love, grief and hope meet. The poems move from tender confessions of loss to bold celebrations of life’s fleeting joys, each line trembling with the same reverence for the mysteries that bind us. Even the simplest stanza feels like a conversation with an unseen companion, urging the heart to listen beyond the ordinary.
The collection unfolds in loosely grouped sections that shift from personal remembrance to mythic reflections, drawing on images of angels, ancient heroes and the sea’s endless horizon. The poet’s language is both intimate and expansive, allowing a single breath to echo like a hymn while still capturing the sharp edge of everyday sorrow. A careful balance of lyricism and philosophical inquiry gives each piece a timeless resonance.
When read aloud, the cadence of the verses captures the hush of a silent world, letting the listener feel the weight of every pause and the lift of every hopeful refrain. It is a listening experience that encourages quiet introspection, reminding us that even in silence there is a song waiting to be heard.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (67K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Al Haines
Release date
2010-11-23
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1844–1911
A bestselling 19th-century American writer, she brought big spiritual questions and women’s everyday struggles into popular fiction. Her work mixed emotion, social criticism, and a quietly radical view of what women’s lives could be.
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