THERE were three critics; Slip and Slop And Slapdash were their names; And all three said: "Your mission, sir? Your message? and your aims?" "Kind gentlemen, to tell the truth, Nor colour fact with fable, My chief concern is just to write As well as I am able. "Mere honest work my mission is, My message, and my aim." "A man of words," said Slip and Slop; And Slapdash said the same. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESIGNATION by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ST. ISAAC'S CHURCH, PETROGRAD by CLAUDE MCKAY ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 52 by PHILIP SIDNEY MEADOW-SAFFRON by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE AVIENUS: TO HIS FRIENDS by RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS |