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Lapsus Calami (Aug 1891)/To an Indiscreet Critic

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A roundel. First printed in The Globe, April 1891, and then included as the second of "Two Roundels" in the third and subsequent editions of Lapsus Calami.

1992587Lapsus Calami — To an Indiscreet CriticJames Kenneth Stephen

2. To an Indiscreet Critic.

As J. K. S. I made my bid for fame
And money, which is sweeter than success,
Though Mr ——— is possibly the same
as J. K. S.

Was it perhaps an error of the press?
Is some malign compositor to blame?
Or was it just the reader's carelessness?
Or your astute reviewer's little game,—
His lapsus calami as I should guess?
In any case I wish to sign my name
as J. K. S.