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Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.
But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;
I had it from my father.
If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;
I had it from my father.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
