Where are the men—tawny swells—who talked of clubs, races, or billiards,
Silenced from time unto time by thunders and earthquakes orchestral?
Empty are boxes and stalls, the occupants all have departed,
And the critic goes—glad to survive the music primeval of Wagner.
Funny Folks.
Another parody of Evangeline, entitled Picnicaline occurs in "Mirth and Metre," 1855.
EXCELSIOR.
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed,