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Jay Harstad, 12, of Minnetonka, Minn., Utters his house with poems and sketches but will do almost anything to avoid doing his math homework.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lady, though Parthian darts are not so sharp As are those killing words; yet that breath, which Utters them is sweeter than the morning dew.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

It was the quiet hour before the sun Gathers the clouds to prayer and silently Utters his benediction on the waves That whisper round the death-bed of the day.

From The New Morning Poems by Noyes, Alfred

And so the Day, about to yield his breath, Utters the stars unto the listening Night, To stand for burning fare-thee-wells of light     Said on the verge of death.

From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney

And she answers with no sign; Utters neither yea nor nay; Fires the water hued as wine; Kneads another spark in clay.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George