Never did she lisp it, And 't was not for me; She was mute from transport, I, from agony!
Nor lisp it at the table, Nor heedless by the way Hint that within the riddle One will walk to-day!
"Yes, your Excellency," replied the Jew, who spoke the language with that peculiar lisp which denotes Eastern origin, "I and Reuben Goldstein met a tall Englishman, on the road, close by here this evening."