Nonsense Syllables

Famous quotes containing the words nonsense and/or syllables:

“To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.”
—Gelett Burgess (1866–1951)

“I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils;
And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile;
And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for
her.”
—Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)