Words
A lady to her lover,
A father to his son-
It makes young hearts hover
And frees the old to run.
Not a sword but a pen
With a stroke swift and sure
Wins wars and conquers men
And delights the minds of the pure.
The imagination leaps and bounds
O'er fields and streams and woods;
Appetites are whetted or found
Once they meet their literary food.
The words of the Wise
Doeth indeed good like a medicine.
But where evil verbiage lies-
There words are but a dead limb.
Sticks and stones to be sure,
But also daggers and swords
Is the langauge that alluers
And is naught but actionless words.
Take heed then to what you say:
Do not flatter, tease, or flaunt.
Every idle word will be paid,
But good speech shall nothing want.