Spelling Words

Famous quotes containing the words spelling and/or words:

    “Some let me make you of the heartless words.
    The heart is drained that, spelling in the scurry
    Of chemic blood, warned of the coming fury.
    By the sea’s side hear the dark-vowelled birds.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “The dog barks, the caravan passes on.
    The words had a sort of bloom on them
    But were weightless, carrying past what was being said.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)