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 1     I|       copious drafts my singing tongue shall pour~ From the large
 2     I| Yieldeth no name in the Italian tongue,~ Although the thing itself
 3    II|        mouth agreeable taste to tongue,~ Whilst nauseous wormwood,
 4    II|          and eyes, and taste of tongue,~ Would then, by reasoning
 5   III|          Over the body, and the tongue is broken,~ And fails the
 6   III|       powers,~ Thought hobbles, tongue wanders, and the mind gives
 7   III|         he reels,~ A stuttering tongue, an intellect besoaked,~
 8   III|        can exist for soul,~ Nor tongue nor ears apart. And hence
 9   III|     serpent's darting forth its tongue,~ And lashing its tail,
10    IV|      hues. Likewise the tasting tongue~ Has its own power apart,
11    IV|         them forth,~ The mobile tongue, artificer of words,~ Makes
12    IV|         beyond the same.~ ~ Nor tongue and palate, whereby we flavour
13    IV|    paths~ Of the loose-textured tongue. And so, when smooth~ The
14    IV|    trickling~ Enclosures of the tongue. And contrariwise,~ They
15    IV|      born,~ No speaking ere the tongue created was;~ But origin
16    IV|     created was;~ But origin of tongue came long before~ Discourse
17     V|      Many pronouncements with a tongue divine,~ And to unfold by
18     V|         utter various sounds of tongue~ And need and use did mould
19     V|     utter the various sounds of tongue, what time~ The rest may
20     V|       race (in whom a voice and tongue~ Were now in vigour) should
21     V|          And when with fondling tongue they start to lick~ Their
22    VI|       with ulcers; and the very tongue,~ The mind's interpreter,