Like Bull-frog in the fable,
He swells with conscious pride.
These are the opening lines of a long parody describing a trial in India, contained in “Lyrics and Lays,” by Pips, published in Calcutta, by Wyman Bros., 1867. The parody consists of more than 450 lines, and is both unintelligible and uninteresting to all but persons’ accustomed to Indian life and character.
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Before the Battle.
(And considerably after “Ivry.”)
A Song for the Sanguine.
Now luck unto the Liberal Host, to whom good luck should be!
And luck unto our Leader Old, undaunted William G.!
Now let the merry music sound a resolute advance,