Poetry Quote by Jon Davis Download Open image ““Of the many forms that silence takes, the most memorable is the dry husk of the cicada.”” — Jon Davis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Poetry Prose poetry Silence
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All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word. Its strains… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
