Excrutiating Dirge. [EXCR]

u'Silence<br><br>My father used to say,<br>\u201cSuperior people never make long visits,<br>have to be shown Longfellow\u2019s grave<br>or the glass flowers at Harvard.<br>Self-reliant like the cat\u2014<br>that takes its prey to privacy,<br>the mouse\u2019s limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth\u2014 <br>they sometimes enjoy solitude,<br>and can be robbed of speech<br>by speech which has delighted them.<br>The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;<br>not in silence, but restraint.\u201d<br>Nor was he insincere in saying, \u201cMake my house your inn.\u201d<br>Inns are not residences.<br><br>-Marianne Moore'