A Century of Parody and Imitation

by Unknown

While Kehama shall reign,

With a fire in thy heart,

And a fire in thy brain;

And Sleep shall obey me,

And visit thee never

And the Curse shall be on thee

For ever and ever.

[P. 128.] And C—t—e shun thee. Possibly Cottle, the publisher and friend of Southey.

[P. 129.] The Gude Greye Katt. A parody of Hogg's own narrative, The Witch of Fyfe.

[P. 142.] Sonnets Attempted, etc. These appeared originally in the second number of the Monthly Magazine in November, 1797, with the signature of 'Nehemiah Higginbottom.' Coleridge described them as written—