Though not a little whirled were we.
The winds and rain might blow and cease—
What cared we for wind or rain?
We'd paid our one pound ten apiece,
And this was our Excursion Train!
The following is an extract from a parody on The Lotus Eaters. It was written by Captain Barlow, and obtained the second prize offered by the Editor of The World, in which paper it appeared in September, 1879:—
THE MINISTERS AT GREENWICH.
"GREENWICH," they said, and pointed into space;
"The steaming train will bear us thither soon,"