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Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
While you read more
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.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,
But talking is not always to converse,
Not more read more
Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse,
But talking is not always to converse,
Not more distinct from harmony divine
The constant creaking of a country sign.
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.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
