Amidst the Mists
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, He thrusts his fists against the posts, And still insists he sees the ghosts.
Notice the sounds
Work slowly through the final consonants in mists, wrists, fists and ghosts. Keep the final /s/ audible without inserting a vowel into the cluster.
Words in this expression
Source
Delight and Power in Speech, Leonard G. Nattkemper and George Wharton James (1919), articulation exercisesPublic domain in the United States; the pinned source includes the Project Gutenberg license.