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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

'Institutio Oratoria' bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 93 (nostra meaning Roman as opposed to Greek)

The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.

Edgar Allan Poe (2012). “Complete Tales & Poems”, p.914, Vintage

Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only.

Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.76

Nothing whips my blood like verse.

Quoted in John Thirlwall (ed) The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams (1957).

All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure.

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

In books I converse with men, in the Bible I converse with God.

William Romaine (1830). “Select Letters of the Rev. W. Romaine”, p.275

The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.

Neil Gaiman (2009). “M Is for Magic”, p.25, Harper Collins

Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.

Mark Batterson (2009). “Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity”, p.81, Multnomah

We're creating a different universe with different rules and a different tone and different villains. We were very careful to honor the iconography of Spider-Man, but we wanted to tell it in a new and different way [in the film].

"Emma Stone and Marc Webb Talk THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Honoring the Marvel Icon, and Why Andrew Garfield is the Perfect Spider-Man". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 20, 2012.

Time broadens the scope of verses and I know of some which, like music, are everything for all men.

Jorge Luis Borges (1964). “Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings”, p.154, New Directions Publishing