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Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
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.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the
steps.
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.
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
