Here is the tale—and now you have the whole of it,
Here is the story, well and wisely-planned,
Beauty—Duty—these make up the soul of it—
But, ah, my little readers, will you mark and understand?
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, writing often over the pseudonym of Q, is most versatile and talented. He, too, loved to dally with the muse of Imitation.
DE TEA FABULA
Plain Language from Truthful James
Do I sleep? Do I dream?
Am I hoaxed by a scout?
Are things what they seem,
Or is Sophists about?