Whose talk is of bullocks.

Whose talk is of bullocks.

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.

Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!

Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!

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.

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.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.

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!