By a Weary Secular Scribe.

Oh, to be a Pulpiteer!

Purists may fie-fie, or sneer.

But, when wit and fancy fail,

To produce your twice-cooked kail

(As "a traveller") must be nice.

Nor are you confined to twice;

Hashed, rehashed, and hashed again,

Garnished—from another brain,

Seasoned—from another cruet,