Famous quotes containing the words open and/or syllables:
“An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.”
—John Gay (1685–1732)
“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)