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With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
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.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, with greater ease.
But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, with greater ease.
