THERE were three critics; Slip and Slop And Slapdash were their names; And all three said: "Your mission, sir? Your message? and your aims?" "Kind gentlemen, to tell the truth, Nor colour fact with fable, My chief concern is just to write As well as I am able. "Mere honest work my mission is, My message, and my aim." "A man of words," said Slip and Slop; And Slapdash said the same. |