Parody was almost unknown, but the following will serve as an example:—

Song.

[118.]I must confess, upon a day,

When all my thoughts were Westward ha,

Near Hampton Court I saw a Face,

The Throne of Modesty and Grace;

In whose each motion might be seen

Hadassa and the Southern Queen;

Her Smiles were arguments to prove

The Phœnix, and the God of Love.