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Poem by John Heywood


A Fool’s Tongue


Upon a fool’s provocation
A wise man will not talk;
But every light instigation
May make a fool’s tongue walk.



John Heywood


John Heywood's other poems:
  1. Of Holding an Inn
  2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
  3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
  4. What God Said to One. Otherwise. Thou art one of them to whom God bade Ho!
  5. A Reward to a Service Man


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