Here is where people, One frequently finds, Lower their voices And raise their minds.

Armour’s lines play on a familiar social ritual: in certain spaces—most plausibly libraries, museums, churches, or other “hushed” public interiors—people instinctively speak more softly. The punch is the parallel movement from physical volume to intellectual or spiritual elevation: lowering one’s voice becomes a sign of respect for learning, contemplation, or shared seriousness. The poem gently satirizes the idea that quiet automatically equals profundity, yet it also affirms a real cultural truth: environments designed for study or reverence can cue people to adopt a more reflective posture. The rhyme and clipped phrasing mimic a posted sign, turning etiquette into wit.