A number of parodies of Lord Macaulay are scattered about in the back numbers of comic papers. It will suffice to give a verse or two from the most important.

Lay of the Amphitheatre (Royal).

The Combat.

As they entered the arena,

Their step was firm and brave;

Though of one or of the other,

They knew it was the grave.

Each took a little porter,

To nerve him for the scene;

They entered the arena,