(_This recipe is inserted for the benefit of those poets who desire
to attain what is called originality. This is only to be got by
following some model of a past generation, which has ceased to be
made use of by the public at large. We do not however recommend this
course, feeling sure that all writers in the end will derive far
more real satisfaction from producing fashionable, than original
verses; which two things it is impossible to do at one and the same
time._)
Take a couple of fine deadly sins; and let them hang before your eyes
until they become racy. Then take them down, dissect them, and stew them
for some time in a solution of weak remorse; after which they are to be
devilled with mock-despair.