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Anti-Profanity

I do not swear because I am

A sweet and sober guy;

I cannot vent a single ****

However hard I try.

And in viruperative way,

Though I recall it well,

I never, never, never say

A naughty word like hell.

 

To rouse my wrath you need not try,

I'm milder than a lamb;

However you may rile me I

Refuse to say: ******

In circumstances fury-fraught

My tongue is always civil,

And though you goad me I will not

Consign you to the divvle.

 

An no, I never, never swear;

Profanity don't pay;

To cuss won't get you anywhere,

(And neither will to pray.)

And so all blasphemy I stem.

When milk of kindness curds:

But though I never utter them -

Gosh! how I know the words.

r
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Robert Service
1874-1958 / English
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