NEVER talk back! sich things is repperhensible; A feller only hurts hisse'f that jaws a man that's hot; In a quarrel, ef you'll only keep your mouth shet and act sensible, The man that does the talkin' 'll git worsted every shot! Never talk back to a feller that's abusin' you -- Jes' let him carry on, and rip, and snort, and swear; And when he finds his blamin' and defamin' 's jes' amusin' you, You've got him clean kaflummixed, -- and you want to hold him there! Never talk back, and wake up the whole community And call a man a liar, over Law, er Politics. -- You can lift and land him furder and with gracefuller impunity With one good jolt of silence than a half a dozen kicks! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLACK RIDERS: 22 by STEPHEN CRANE CINQUAIN: THE WARNING by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY ONLY WAITING by FRANCES LAUGHTON MACE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 61. AL-MO'HYI by EDWIN ARNOLD MAGIC TOURS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN HE SAW MY HEART'S WOE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE |