And thus on a lyre of dolorous chord,
(Would that its tones could reach the Board),
He sang the Song of the Lines.
C. P. MULVANY.
Kottabos, Dublin (William McGee), 1873.
The following imitation was written by Father McCarthy, and appeared in The Catholic Herald (Jersey), about forty years ago:—
THE SONG OF THE DRUNKARD.
With body shrivelled and worn,
With eyeballs bloodshot and red,