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My tongue within my lips I rein:
For who talks much must talk in vain.
My tongue within my lips I rein:
For who talks much must talk in vain.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
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Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
While you are emptying your colloquial pack,
The fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.
I prithee take the cork out of thy mouth, that I may drink thy
tidings.
And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south
With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;
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And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south
With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;
Four things greater than all things are--
Women and Horses and Power and War.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
