Long Vowels

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or vowels:

    “He saw the dark wainscot and timbered roof,
    The long tables, and the faces merry and keen;
    The College Eight and their trainer dining aloof,
    The Dons on the dais serene.”
    —Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)

    “These equal syllables alone require,
    Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)