Listen for a calm, gentle voice. It speaks in a gentle voice, neither male nor female, its dark eyes twinkling with wisdom. -- Starfrye, "The Forest of Paths" (2003) The calm, gentle voice of the unicorn is akin to E.T.A. Hoffman's description of "gentle spirit- voices; the melodies they sang had long lain dormant in my breast, and now they came to life afresh!" (Kreisleriana, 1813). A unicorn's calm, gentle voice can sound: like a timeworn prophet's expression of faith completely relaxed like fine wine unemotional like a cool drink of water soothing like the voice of a spirit like someone coaxing a shy cat Accounts of unicorns' calm, gentle voices in literature include: