His quills I do detest;

Revision too, and manuscripts

With horror fill my breast.

My mind is fixed, I’ll up at once

And give him the straight tip.”

And so he did; but Routh was out,

So he gave it to his gyp;

Then Routh he smole a horrid smile,

And grinned a ghastly grin;

“He wants to take it out of me,