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I should think your tongue has broken its chain.
I should think your tongue has broken its chain.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
Though he spare it, read more
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within
his mouth:
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps
within him.
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
I cannot, nor I will not hold me still;
My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will.
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
[Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
The tongue is the vile slave's vilest part.
[Lat., Lingua mali pars pessima servi.]
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
[Better the feet slip than the tongue.]
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.