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," "I have here only made a Nosegay of culled Flowers, and have brought little more Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," P. B. Shelley. Mrs. Browning. The Ingoldsby Legends. J. ADDISON. W. COLLINS. S. ROGERS. E. WALLFR. NATIONAL SONGS OF THE UNITED STATES. MODERN AMERICAN POETS. SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 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 cf living poets, or with the poems of those who have only recently passed away. WALTER HAMILTON, 57, Gauden Road, Clapham, S.W. December, 1888. INDEX. The 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. The Admiralty Goose. 1885 The Rime of the Antient Missionere. Ye Ancient Father Thames. Truth Competi- ... ... The Lay of the Modern Millinere. 1886 The Power of Science. J. B. Stephens. 1880 To a Young Ass. Playhouse Musings. Rejected Addresses. 1812 Kubla Khan." In Xanadu did Kubla Khan In Hungerford did some wise man. 1844 Christabel.. 1797 Continuation by Dr. Maginn. 1819 A Parody of Christabelle. The Dejeuné. 1820 ... Christabel, continued. Eliza Stewart. 1841... Isabelle. James Hogg. 1816 118 1886 ... 119 120 122 The Diverting History of Tom Tucker. 1831 1885 123 Davy Jones. B. de Burgh. 1823 ... 123 John Gilpin in Latin The Connaught Rangers. 1876 Paudy and the Mormon. J. H. Turner. 1878 72 64 67 67 67 68 68 69 70 86 Elegy on a Pair of Breeches. T. Brand. The Gambler. 1832 ... John Duncombe, M.A. The Nunnery, an Elegy An Epitaph on a certain Poet An Elegy in Covent Garden. 1777 An Elegy in Westminster Hall 9 An Elegy written in St. Stephens. 1784 10 II 1818... 12 1803 13 by A Minor. ... ... 15 16 17 18 14 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. The Curfeu tolls the knell of parting Day 42 42 1823 ... ... 44 ... ... 44 ... 44 44 ... 44 45 48 |