Were half the wealth that fills the world with ladies,
Were half the time bestowed on caps and lace,
Given to the home, the husbands, and the babies,
There were no time to visit such a place.
Poems and Parodies. By Phœbe Carey
(Ticknor, Reed, and Fields).
Boston, United States, 1854.
The following old parody was written in imitation of the hexameters of Evangeline:—
DOLLARINE; A TALE OF CALIFORNIA.
A Fragment in Hexameters.
By Professor W. H. Longandshortfellow,
Of Cambridge, Connecticut.