Light Verse

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or verse:

    A light and diplomatic bird
    Is lenient in my window tree.
    A quick dilemma of the leaves
    Discloses twist and tact to me.
    Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    My verse has brought me no roubles to spare:
    no craftsmen have made mahogany chairs for my house.
    Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930)