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All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits,
Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;
And now the happy read more
All swol'n with chafing, down Adonis sits,
Banning his boist'rous and unruly beast;
And now the happy season once more fits
That lovesick Love by pleading may be blest;
For lovers say the heart hath treble wrong
When it is barred the aidance of the tongue.
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.]
So on the tip of his subduing tongue
All kinds of arguments and question deep,
All replication read more
So on the tip of his subduing tongue
All kinds of arguments and question deep,
All replication prompt and reason strong,
For his advantage still did wake and sleep.
To make the weeper laugh, the laugher weep,
He had the dialect and different skill,
Catching all passions in his craft of will; . . .
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.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride
of man: thou shalt keep them read more
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the
strife of tongues.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
Marry, you are the wiser man; for many a man's tongue shakes out
his master's undoing.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
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?