LV

You know, my Friends, I've done with Purple Cows,

And long to sober Fiction paid my Vows;

Spontaneous Glee is mighty hard to Sell—

'Twas Carolyn Wells that shot across my Bows.

LVI

For Stuff and Nonsense being in my Line,

As Nonsense modern Fiction I define;

But of the sort that one would care for, I

Can find but Little—and that Little's mine!