In vain I speak of urgent tasks;
In vain I scowl and pout;
A frown is no extinguisher -
It does not put him out! (John Godfrey Saxe)

In vain I speak of urgent tasks; In vain I scowl and pout; A frown is no extinguisher - It does not put him out!

John Godfrey Saxe

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