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And the following parodies were published in that paper on February 7, 1886:—
Prize Poem.
Hither, Flora of the street!
Haste from Bumble on his beat—
Or (if there thou chance to dwell)
From “The Garden,” odoured well,
Where the citizens of Lud
Sniff the stench of putrid mud!
Hither come, with what of bloom