If you your lips would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how and when and where.
If you your ears would save from jeers,
These things keep meekly hid:
Myself and I, and mine and my,
And how I do and did.
Word treasure
- meekly
- — in a humble or gentle way
- jeers
- — unfriendly laughter at someone's expense
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