Bondage is free, and hugs thy pleasing chains.
Blest in thy love, sincerely I despise
The quibble, warmly urged with many a frown,
Hear each opinion of the learn’d and wise,
Nor envy Cato’s wig, or Tully’s gown.
W. R.
From The Mirror. 1823.
Part of this parody was quoted in Doings in London, 1828; and also in The Mirror, May 28, 1831.
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The following parodies of The Elegy may also be found in early volumes of The Mirror:—