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.