With thee conversing I forget the way.

With thee conversing I forget the way.

The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

And when you stick on conversation's burs,
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.

And when you stick on conversation's burs,
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.

With thee conversing I forget all time:
All seasons and their change, all please alike.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better
than ten years' study of books.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better
than ten years' study of books.

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, read more

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.