THE EAGLE, and a Parody 268 BREAK, BREAK, BREAK―― “Block, block, block,” by G. Cotterell 263 “Sleep, sleep, sleep,” by F. Field 209 The Lost Joke 269 “Talk, talk, talk!” (to Mr. Parnell) 269 “Wake, wake, wake!” by R. H. W. Yeabsley 269 “Thirst, thirst, thirst!” 269 “Broke, broke, broke!” 269 Who breaks pays 269 Gladstone hath us in his net 270 THE BROOK―― The Song of the Flirt 270 The Mont Cenis Train, 1868 270 The Corn, by Jayhay, 1878 271 The River, a Steamboat version 271 The Song of the Steam Launch 272 The Sherbrooke. A Lowe Ballad 272 A Lay of Lawn Tennis 272 HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD―― Home they brought her “Worrier” dead 273 “Let me lie here,” by John Cotton 273 Give me no more 140 “The Slander falls in different halls” 273 TEARS, IDLE TEARS―― Tears, maudlin Tears 141 THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE―― The Light (Blue) Brigade――The University Boat Race 273 The Gas Stoker’s Strike, by J. Verey, 1873 274 Clapham Junction, by J. Verey 274 The Charge of the “Light” Brigade, by C. T. Druery 274 The Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Kassassin 275 The Charge of the Fire Brigade 275 A WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA―― Stradella, by Rose Grey, 1863 275 A Welcome to Battenberg, Funny Folks 136 In Tennysoniam, by Albert Smith, 1851 276 A Parody of Tennyson’s Prefatory Sonnet for “The Nineteenth Century” 276 Wages, Judy 140 IDYLLS OF THE KING―― A Parody of the Dedication (on John Brown) 276 A little rift within the lute 277 “Too soon, too soon” 277 “Little Miss Muffet” as an Arthurian Idyll 277 DESPAIR, 1881―― Never say die 278 Hands all round, by John Phelan 278