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ON A LONG-WINDED ORATOR; EPIGRAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: THREE PARTS COMPOSE A PROPER SPEECH
Last Line: "COULD HE CONTRIVE TO MAKE AN ""END!"
Subject(s): SPEECH; ORATORY; ORATORS;
THREE Parts compose a proper speech
(So wise Quintilian's maxims teach),
But Loquax never can get through,
In his orations, more than two.
He does n't stick at the "Beginning;"
His "Middle" comes as sure as sinning;
Indeed, the whole one might commend,
Could he contrive to make an "End!"



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