Light Verse

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or verse:

    “So doth, so is Religion; and this blind-
    ness too much light breeds; but unmoved thou
    Of force must one, and forc’d but one allow;
    And the right; ask thy father which is she,
    let him ask his; though truth and falsehood be
    Near twins, yet truth a little elder is;”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “Verse calls them forth; ‘tis verse that gives
    Immortal youth to mortal maids.”
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)