There was a man with tongue of wood <br />Who essayed to sing, <br />And in truth it was lamentable. <br />But there was one who heard <br />The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood <br />And knew what the man <br />Wished to sing, <br />And with that the singer was content.<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-was-a-man-with-tongue-of-wood/
