...is a firstrate maker of verses. He, surely, is the man of all the world for your purpose.' ' Alas ! sir, I have heretofore borrowed help from him, but...my good friend, they . may find me unintelligible for the same reason. But, on asking him whether he had walked over to Weston on purpose to implore...

...statuary, who, as everybody knew, was a first-rate maker of verses. ' ' Alas !' replied the clerk, ' I have heretofore borrowed help from him, but he is...that the people of our town cannot understand him.' The compliment was irresistible, and for seven years the author of The Task wrote the mortuary verses...