A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

And, as they have got through several ditties

I thought were as stiff as a brick-built wall,

I've composed the above, and a stiff one it is,

A bridge to stop asses at, once for all.

SINCERE FLATTERY OF W. W. (AMERICANUS).

(WHITMAN)

The clear cool note of the cuckoo which has ousted the legitimate nest-holder,

The whistle of the railway guard dispatching the train to the inevitable collision,

The maiden's monosyllabic reply to a polysyllabic proposal,

The fundamental note of the last trump, which is presumably D natural;