You'll think now, perhaps, there would have been gaps,
If she hadn't been wonderful clever;
That her sense was so great, and so witty her pate
That it would be forthcoming forever.
But that's quite absurd; for have you not heard,
Much tongue and few brains are connected,
That they are supposed to think least who talk most,
And their wisdom is always suspected?
While Lucy was young, had she bridled her tongue
With a little good sense and exertion,