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Editor regrets that he Cannot accept your poetry"—
 * This does not mean (observe his tact!)
 * A lack of merit, for in fact

He sends it back "reluctantly."

Many a hopeful jeu d'esprit I post (enclosing stamps) with glee.
 * What happens? Well, to be exact,
 * "The Editor regrets."

O journals of democracy, Spectator, Punch, or P. M. G.
 * I think your Editors are cracked,
 * I think they all have cataract—

Hullo! A letter here for me? O Lord! The same hypocrisy—
 * "The Editor regrets."