Widesworth Sonnets No 16 Tonauss Tongue’s Mighty Force
The poem warns of the tongue as a powerful tool and its impact on households and neighbors. A married man, a shrewish woman, and a tattling man are portrayed as sources of strife. The speaker recalls the quiet tongue that could tame or hurt communities, ending with a comparison to the stillest ox cart tongue.
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