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1 " Pretty Words"Poets make pets of pretty, docile words:I love smooth words, like gold-enamelled fishWhich circle slowly with a silken swish,And tender ones, like downy-feathred birds:Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in herds,Come to my hand, and playful if I wish,Or purring softly at a silver dish,Blue Persian kittens fed on cream and curds.I love bright words, words up and singing early;Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;Warm lazy words, white cattle under trees;I love words opalescent, cool, and pearly,Like midsummer moths, and honied words like bees,Gilded and sticky, with a little sting. "
― Elinor Wylie , Selected Works