Final Unstressed Syllables

Famous quotes containing the words final and/or syllables:

    “After the final no there comes a yes
    And on that yes the future world depends.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “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)