RHYME FOR ROGERS.
Howe'er it be, it seems to me
A House of Peers can be no good:
Mob caps are more than coronets,
And Hyde Park crowds than Hatfield's brood.
Punch, September 6, 1884.
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Tennyson's "Enoch Arden" has been less frequently parodied than most of his poems; some years ago the Australian Punch had a clever burlesque of it, and a "continuation" of Enoch Arden was privately printed in 1866. This very scarce little pamphlet consisted of twelve pages, in a blue wrapper, and had no printer's name or place on it. As it is now eagerly sought after by collectors of Tennysoniana, it is here given in full:—