Britannia need not tremble Whilst he his “block” can keep, And slog for sixes and for fours, Though the field stand close or deep There’s “powder” yet in every stroke, His “drives” like lightning go, And men roar as the score Swells at every swashing blow, Though Ulyett “sends ’em down” like hail, And Peate his best doth show! The Cricket fame of England Shall yet in brightness burn, And we can wait without blue funk That Cornstalk Team’s return, Whilst W. G. can show such form After twenty years or so; The fame of his name Sounds wherever Britons go, And the mighty score on Scarborough’s shore Should bring him “one cheer mo’!” _Punch_, September 12, 1885. ―――― ON CONCEDING THE SATURDAY IN CHRISTMAS WEEK, 1884. Ye Shopkeepers of London, Who live in lavish ease; We beg of you for once to hear Your poor employés pleas. There is no need for us to say How hard their daily task; Then give the one short Saturday Which they this Christmas ask! * * * * * Ye Merchants, too, of London, Who Christmas will enjoy, Until a glut of luxuries Your appetites will cloy; Come, think of those whose tired hands shake, As at your books they toil; And, oh, do not, for pity’s sake, Their taste of Yule-tide spoil! * * * * * _Truth_, December 18, 1884. Another long imitation of the same original appeared in _Truth_, Sept. 25, 1879, commencing “Ye Ministers of England.” Amongst the curiosities of literature may be classed an extraordinary collection entitled “DIVINE SONGS OF THE MUGGLETONIANS,” printed in 1829, and now very scarce. Amongst these so-called Divine Songs are some to be sung to such tunes as “God save the King,” “Hearts of Oak,” “De’il tak the wars,” and one there is which commences as follows, in imitation of Campbell’s _Mariners_:―― “You faithful Muggletonians who truly do believe The doctrine of Muggleton to be the same as Reeve; Let no wise anti-followers infuse into your ear, That a Prayer, Christ does hear, from us mortals here below.” ――――:o:―――― Campbell’s poems seem to be especially favored by the Editor of the Parody Competitions in _The Weekly Dispatch_, as, in addition to those already alluded to, he also selected “The Maid’s Remonstrance” for political parodies, and the following examples were printed, March 1, 1885:―― THE BENCH OF BISHOPS. Never working, ever wooing, Loving fat things, wealth pursuing; Know ye not the wrong ye’re doing, O ye favoured few? All your lives obstruction brewing. Cease, or else be true!