Another parody of the same poem appeared in The World, July 23, 1879, from which a few verses are quoted:—
A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN.
"DREAMING, methought I heard the Laureate's song
Of fairest women linked with deeds of shame,
Whose burning loves of insult and of wrong
Were anguish-paths to fame.
"And for a while their sad looks haunt my dream;
Then the night-visions slowly fade away,
And fairer faces in the warm light gleam—