And so the empty-handed years went round, Vacant, though Voiceful with prophetic sound, And so, that summer morn, he sat and mused With folded, patient hands, as he was used, And dreamily before his half-closed sight Floated the vision of his lost delight.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Dr. Middleton assented and entered on the Voiceful ground of Greek metres, shoving your dry dusty world from his elbow.
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George Meredith
Death never seemed more Voiceful than in that wagging of the bell.
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George Meredith