Pursue your task, till, like a shrub, you grow it,
Up to the standard size it ought to be;
You need not be an atom of a poet.
Clear it of weeds, and water it, and hoe it,
Then watch it blossom with triumphant glee,
It’s all a trick, quite easy when you know it,
You need not be an atom of a poet.
Walter W. Skeat.
The Academy. May 19, 1888.
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