“The Meeting of the Waters” was again chosen for imitation by the above journal, and the following parodies were published on August 10, 1884. The prize of two guineas was awarded to Mr. B. Saunders for the following:—
The Thames.
There is not in broad England so doubtful a treat
As a trip on the Thames ’twixt Blackwall and Purfleet.
Oh, the slumbers of Death on my eyelids must close
Ere the bare recollection shall fade from my nose.
Yet ’twas not that the banks were more grimy than green,
Nor rough were the waters that glided between;
’Twas neither sea-sickness nor fear made me ill;
Oh, no, it was something more horrible still.