Smooth Newts

Famous quotes containing the words smooth and/or newts:

    or the warm soft side
    Of the resigning yet resisting bride.
    The kiss of virgins first-fruits of the bed;
    Soft speech, smooth touch, the lips, the maidenhead;
    These and a thousand sweets could never be
    So near or dear as thou wast once to me.
    Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

    Even the newts are white,

    Those holy Joes.
    And the fish, the fish—
    Christ! they are panes of ice.
    Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)