Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. I - Unknown

And she was glad, and hastening to her room

She slipp'd her garments on, and issuing claim'd

Her fee, and took the earliest train to town,

And in the ballet, in the foremost row,

Danced with her fellows, winning great renown,

As one who rode through Coventry in "tights,"

And built herself an evanescent name.

Tennyson writes thus:—

"Break, break, break,