[He sits staring at the paper in blank dismay.
The Wail of the Word-Spinner.
There is nothing new under the sun at all
To your journalist penny-a-lining and shoppy.
And how can a man be "original"
When his days (and his nights) are devoted to "copy"?
No, no, his tired head will ne'er "knock at the stars,"
Who is tied to the spinning of "leaders" and "pars."