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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.
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
He who talks much cannot always talk well.
[It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The red wine first must rise
In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em
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The red wine first must rise
In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em
Talk us to silence.