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They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Persuasion tips his tongue whene'er he talks.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
No season now for calm, familiar talk.
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped read more
His talk was like a stream which runs
With rapid change from rock to roses;
It slipped from politics to puns;
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws that keep
The planets in the radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels or shoeing horses.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!
