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OF THE WORKS OF

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS,

COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED BY

WALTER HAMILTON,

Fellow of the Royal Geographical, and Royal Historical Societies;

Author of "A History of National Patriotic Songs," "A Memoir of George Cruikshank,"
"The Poets Laureate of England," "The Esthetic Movement in England," etc.

"I have here only made a Nosegay of culled Flowers, and have brought little more
of my own than the band which ties them."

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Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard,"

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P. B. Shelley. Mrs. Browning. The Ingoldsby Legends.

J. ADDISON. W. COLLINS. S. ROGERS. E. WALLER.
NATIONAL SONGS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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INTRODUCTION.

1967

v. 5

VOLUME V.

HE completion of the Fifth Volume of this collection of Parodies affords me an opportunity of acknowledging many acts of courtesy shown by gentlemen who take an interest in the subject.

They have appreciated the importance of making the collection complete, and reliable as a book of reference on Parody and Burlesque, and by the information they have sent, have assisted me to carry out my design so far as it has gone.

In some few cases the difficulty of finding the authors has prevented me from obtaining their permission to insert their poems, but in every instance due acknowledgment has been made.

No trouble has been spared to obtain every parody worth quoting, to trace every poem to its original source, and to give the Authors' names, wherever they could be ascertained.

Without the assistance of the Authors themselves it would have been impossible to collect and verify such a mass of information, and my thanks are especially due to the following gentlemen, either for permission to reprint their parodies, or for other literary assistance in the compilation of the work: E. B. Anstee, Cuthbert Bede, (Rev. E. Bradley,) F. W. Crawford, T. F. Dillon-Croker, J. G. Dalton (of Boston, U.S.) F. B. Doveton, James Gordon, F.S.A., J. H. Ingram, J. Brodie-Innes, John Lane, Rev. H. C. Leonard, J. M. Lowry, A. W. Mackenzie, F. B. Perkins (of San Francisco, U.S.) Walter Parke, Edward Simpson, G. R. Sims, T. H. Smith, (of Chicago, U.S.) Edward Walford, M.A., C. H. Waring, and Edmund H. Yates.

Not only has their friendly aid cheered my labors, but it has encouraged me to hope for equally valuable assistance during the publication of the Sixth Volume, which will deal principally with the works of living poets, or with the poems of those who have only recently passed away. WALTER HAMILTON,

December, 1888.

57, Gauden Road, Clapham, S.W.

Reprinted from a copy in the collections of

The New York Public Library

Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

First reprinting, 1967, Johnson Reprint Corporation
Printed in the United States of America

INDEX.

The Authors of the original poems are arranged in alphabetical order; the titles

of the original poems are printed in italics, followed by the Parodies. Authors of the Parodies are named in italics.

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Ye Ancient Father Thames. Truth Competi-
tion Parodies.

1884

The Lay of the Modern Millinere. 1886
The Ancient Philosopher. W. J. Prowse. 1868
The Rime of the Ancient Waggonere. 1819...
The Cockney Mariner. G. A. à Beckett. 1846
The Rime of the New-made Baccalere. 1841...
The Wise Men of Gotham. T. L. Peacock
It was an Ancient Marriager. 1885...
The Rime of the Ancient Statesman. 1874
The Birmingham Speech, by W. E. G. 1880...
The Rime of the Ancient Rinking Man. 1876
The Meeting of the Justices. 1867.
The Ancient Story (Tichborne case)...

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The Devil's Excursion to London. W. Phillips
There's a Lying Spirit Abroad. E. A. Beard

William Collins.

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Paudy and the Mormon. J. H. Turner. 1878
Burbaban's Defeat. 1863

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Verses supposed to have been written by
LEIGH HUNT.

"I am tenant of nine-feet by four".
Verses ascribed to the Duke of Wellington
The Monarch of all they survey. By a Rail-
way Director. 1845
Verses ascribed to William Smith O'Brien.
The original song of Robinson Crusoe. 1848
Ballad of the Exeter Arcade Beadle. 1848..
A Savage Parody. 1867
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"She is Monarch of all she surveys." 1874
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Elegy written in a City Churchyard. 1848..
Translations of "The Elegy

"The Elegy" in French

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Articles and Notes on "The Elegy "

An Elegy on the Departed Season. 1867
"The Elegy " in Latin

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Elegy in Newgate. The Satirist. 1810
Elegy written in the Temple Gardens, by Mr.
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Elegy written in a Ball Room. W. Maginn
The Elegy "travestied." The Umpire.
"Wimbledon," an Elegy. July 1888. E. B.
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INDEX TO FIRST LINES.

The Curfeu tolls the knell of parting Day
The Curfew tolls the hour of closing gates
Retirement's hour proclaims the tolling Bell
The shrill bell rings the knell of "Curtain rise"
St. Paul's proclaims the solemn midnight hour
The Courts are shut -departed every Judge...
Gazettes now toll the melancholy knell
Now sinks the sun within the azure main
The clock bell tolls the hour of early day
The prompter rings the lofty curtain down
The clock proclaims the welcome dinner hour
The watchman drawls the hour of dawning day
The Chancellor has passed the stern decree
The turnkey rings the bell for shutting out...
The surly crier rings his nightly knell
Great Tom now sounds the close of busy day
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