Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. III
General
Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. III
Parodies
DARKNESS――
“I had a dream, which was not all a dream” 204
“I had a hat――it was not all a hat” 204
“I had a dream” (On Smoking) The Spirit of the
Age, 1828 204
’TIS TIME THIS HEART SHOULD BE UNMOVED 205
’Tis time that I should be removed, Punch’s Pocket
Book, 1856 205
Lord Byron’s Marriage 205
FARE THEE WELL!
Yes, farewell; farewell for ever 206
And fare _Thee_ well, too――if, for ever 207
Fare thee well! Lyrics and Lays, 1867 207
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Article on Byron 207
The Un-true Story, dedicated to Mrs. Stowe “Know ye
the land where the Novelists _blurt_ all,”
_Walter Parke_, Punch and Judy, 1870 208
To Inez. “Nay, smile not at my garments now,”
_Phœbe Carey_ 213
“I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs” 213
Venice Unpreserved, Punch, 1851 214
Practical Venice, Punch, 1882 214
“Roll on thou drunk and dark blue peeler” 214
There is pleasure in a cask of wood, _Hugh Cayley_ 214
Arcades Ambo, _C. S. Calverley_, Fly Leaves, 1878 214
Beer, _C. S. Calverley_ 215
The Guerilla, _James Hogg_, The Poetic Mirror 215
The Last Canto of Childe Harold 215
THE GIAOUR――
“He who hath bent him o’er the dead” 215
“He that hath gazed upon this head,” The Gownsman,
1830 216
“He that hath bent him o’er a goose,” The Gossip,
1821 216
“He who hath bent him o’er the bed,” Beauty and the
Beast, 1843 216
“He that don’t always bend his head, Punch, 1847 216
“He who hath looked with aching head” 216
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