And eager for the fray,
He bade his messengers ride forth
East and West, and South and North,
To summon his array.
This is the first verse of a political parody which is contained in “Joseph and his Brethren,” by W. A. S. P., a sixpenny pamphlet published in 1885, by Foulger and Co., London. The advanced Radical opinions then held by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain were strongly advocated in the poems and parodies in this pamphlet.
A Lay of Modern London.
By the Shade of Lord Macaulay.
An anonymous parody of twenty verses, printed apparently about 1880, but having no printer’s name, place, or date, commenced thus:
Jon Runcius of Hacne