There still remain a great many parodies of Tennyson's poems to be quoted, and every day increases their number. It will, therefore, be necessary to return to this author in some future part of this collection; the following references are given to some of the more easily accessible parodies, which space will not now permit me to quote in full:—
"Edinburgh Sketches and Miscellanies." By Eric. Edinburgh and Glasgow: John Menzies and Company, 1876, contains Codger's Hall, a long and humorous parody of Locksley Hall; Once a Week, Echoes from the Clubs, and The Weekly Dispatch, October 19, 1884, also contained parodies of the same poem.
Lady Clara Vere de Vere was the subject of an advertising parody, of which the best verse ran:—
"Lady Clara Vere de Vere,
You put strange fancies in my head!
Do you remember that rich silk
You wore last year at Maidenhead?
Now "velveteen" is all the go;
'Tis richer far, and costs much less,