But if, in spite of this, you build a Plot
Which these immortal Elements has not,
You gaze To-day upon a Slip, which reads:
"The Editor Regrets"—and such-like Rot.
LIV
Waste not your Ink, and don't attempt to use
That Subtle Touch which Editors refuse;
Better be jocund at two cents a word
Than, starving, court an ill-requited Muse!