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126 "Then fourthly, there are epithets
 * That suit with any word—

As well as Harvey's Reading Sauce
 * With fish, or flesh, or bird—

Of these, 'wild,' 'lonely,' 'weary,' 'strange,'
 * Are much to be preferred."

"And will it do, O will it do
 * To take them in a lump—

As 'the wild man went his weary way
 * To a strange and lonely pump'?

"Nay, nay! You must not hastily
 * To such conclusions jump.

"Such epithets, like pepper,
 * Give zest to what you write;

And, if you strew them sparely,
 * They whet the appetite:

But if you lay them on too thick,
 * You spoil the matter quite!

Last, as to the arrangement:
 * Your reader, you should show him,