He hums and haws, with "ifs" and "ands."
His hands he laves with unseen soaps,
Thanks you for nothing, says he hopes,
Then bows, "Good morning, sir;" he slopes.
From Odd Echoes from Oxford, 1872.
A parody of the "Lord of Burleigh" appeared in Figaro, January 22, 1873, and one entitled "A Welcome to Alexandra (Palace)" in Funny Folks, May 18, 1875.
The Poet Laureate has recently contributed a poem, entitled Early Spring, to an American paper. It consisted of eight verses, and the fee paid the writer was said to be 1,000 dollars.
Taking the following as a fair example of the rest, it would seem that 125 dollars per verse was a very liberal remuneration:—
Opens a door in Heaven;