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Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Talk with a man out at a window!--a proper saying!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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.
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.
Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet
To spin your wordy fabric in the street;
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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.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
