Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A CAUTION, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: If you your lips would keep from slips
Last Line: And how I do and did
Variant Title(s): Our Lips And Ears
Subject(s): Discretion

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.