But once in Lippincott's he wrote unseen!

XXI

Ah, my Belovèd, write the Book that clears

To-day of dreary Debt and sad Arrears;

To-morrow!—Why, To-morrow I may see

My Nonsense popular as Edward Lear's.

XXII

For some we've read, the month's Six Selling Best

The Bookman scored with elephantine Jest,

Have sold a half a Million in a Year,