wax poetic

Fig. to speak poetically. I hope you will pardon me if I wax poetic for a moment when I say that your lovely hands drift across the piano keys like swans on a lake.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Steven	['sti:vn]
Primitiva	pree-mee-TEE-vah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman
Adelaide	AD-ə-layd (English), ah-de-LIE-de (Italian), ə-də-LIED (Portuguese)	English, Italian, Portuguese
Rhoda	['rəudə]
Pearce	PEERS	English (Rare)
Amara	-	Western African, Igbo