Verse

Famous quotes containing the word verse:

    “Thence, flow! conceit and motion to rehearse
    Pastoral terrors of youth still in the man,
    Torsions of sleep, in emblematic verse
    Rattling like dice unless the verse shall scan
    All chance away....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.”
    —Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    “When I a verse shall make,
    Know I have prayed thee,
    For old religion’s sake,
    Saint Ben, to aid me.”
    —Robert Herrick (1591–1674)