You may roast, or boil, or stew it
O'er and o'er, year in year out,
As you perorate about,
Seek, when weary,—o'ertasked elves!
"Inspiration" from your shelves.
Salt it here, and sauce it there,
Saying nothing, since none care
To make question, taking pay,
Yes, and praise upon your way,
For—well, ere the thing is through,