And mends her winter things,
Will children gather round the fire,
And the story will be told,
How well their champions fought the fight
On Sludgeboro’ marsh, on Dryburgh height
In the famous days of old.
From Pastime. September 28, 1883.
This parody was afterwards reprinted in Tennis Cuts and Quips. Field and Tuer. London.
The Battle of the Asses’ Bridge.
Triangle Equilateral