“I came here at your bidding, “I came to try and save; “I spoke of that far England, “Away beyond the wave, “Whose hand could reach the helpless, “Whose shield could bar the way, “And would not leave to perish “One life, that owned her sway. “And now, forsooth, I’m bidden “To save myself in flight.” * * * * * AUBERON HERBERT. _Pall Mall Gazette._ May, 1884. ――――:o:―――― There are many other parodies of _Horatius_ possessing less general interest than those already quoted. As most of them are very long, only a few verses of each will be given, sufficient to indicate the subject, and style of treatment. As the source from whence each is derived will be named, the complete parodies can easily be obtained. It will be noticed that the last four or five verses of _Horatius_ have been especially favoured by the parodists. LARS PORSENNA. This amusing parody originally appeared in _College Rhymes_, 1855, but has since been issued in pamphlet form (price sixpence), by Messrs. T. Shrimpton and Son, Oxford, and has had a large sale. Adolphus Smalls, of Boniface, By all the powers he swore, That though he had been plucked three times He would be plucked no more. By all the powers he swore it, And put on “Coaches” three, And many a livelong night he read, With sported oak, and towell’d head, To get him his “degree.” * * * * * They gave him his “Testamur,” That was a Passman’s right―― He was more than three Examiners Could “plough” from morn to night. And in each Oxford College, In the dark November days, When Undergraduates fresh from hall Are gathering round the blaze: When the crusted port is opened And the Palmer’s lamp is lit, When the weed glows in the freshman’s mouth, And makes him turn to spit: When “goes” unlimited are forced On some unhappy gull, When victims, doomed to mull their pass, Unconscious pass the mull: With chaffing and with laughing. They still the tale renew, How Smalls, of Boniface, went in, And, actually got through. ANONYMOUS. Several imitations of _Horatius_ occur in early volumes of _Punch_, one as far back as December 4, 1847, entitled the “Mustering of the Hobbies, a Lay of Modern Babylon,” refers to politicians many of whom are dead, and to events most of which are now forgotten. Another, dated January 26, 1856, “The Sibylline Books, a Lay of Ancient Rome for the consideration of modern Russia,” is also quite out of date. It contained certain advice which _Mr. Punch_ considered advisable to address to the Emperor of Russia.