This parody is to be found in a small volume entitled The Lifeboat and other Poems, by George R. Sims (John P. Fuller, Wine Office Court, London, 1883).
By the author's kind permission I am also enabled to quote the very funny, although slightly incoherent, remarks of—
THE POETS ON THE MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.
IT comes as a boon and a blessing to men
When your missus as was disappears from your ken.
ANONYMOUS.
When from the wife you get a parting benison,
Her sister will console you—
ALFRED TENNYSON.
When weary, worn, and nigh distraught with grief,