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

by Unknown

A thousand suns will stream on thee,

A thousand moons will quiver;

But not by thee my steps shall be,

For ever and for ever.

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The following parody is taken from Odd Echoes from Oxford, 1872.

A FAREWELL.

After sleeping in the Argyle Hotel, Dunoon.

Bite on, thou pertinacious flea,

And draw the tiny river;