Poetic Syllables

Famous quotes containing the words poetic and/or syllables:

    “There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.”
    —Multatuli [Eduard Douwer Dekker] (1820–1887)

    “This is the poem of the air,
    Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
    This is the secret of despair,
    Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
    Now whispered and revealed
    To wood and field.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)