While he was an editor of the weekly magazine “Household Words”, famous English writer Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) received a poem from a young poet with a request to publish it.
Poem’s title was “Orient Pearls at Random Strung”.
Dickens read it and decided not to publish it. Since he didn’t wanted for the young poet to have to many hopes of publishing, he sent him a notice to inform him about his decision.
“I regret to inform you that your poem will not be published in our magazine. Too much string. Yours, Charles Dickens. “
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