Verse

Famous quotes containing the word verse:

“No verse is libre for the man who wants to do a good job.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

“If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis could hide a god from a god; and there is a Greek verse which runs, “The Gods are to each other not unknown.” Friends also follow the laws of divine necessity; they gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)