Seul le rythme provoque le court-circuit poe¤  tique et transmue le cuivre en or, la parole en verbe. Only rhythm brings about a poetic short-circuit and transforms the copper into gold, the words into life.

-Senghor, Le¤  opold Se¤  dar
  EŁ  thiopiques, postface.

An Irishmanislined with copper, and thebeercorrodesit. But whiskey polishesthe copperand isthesavingof him.

-Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens
  Life on the Mississippi, ch.23.

Mr Salter's side of the conversation was limited to expressions of assent.When Lord Copper was right, he said,'Definitely, Lord Copper'; when he was wrong,'Up to a point.'

-Waugh, Evelyn Arthur StJohn
  Scoop, bk.1, ch.1.