’Twas the varnishing permission
For the coming Exhibition!
May I get it—Evermore;
Be accepted—Evermore!
Funny Folks.
On October 31, 1886, The Weekly Dispatch (London), published five parodies on the “Raven” sent in for competition. The prize of two guineas was awarded to the following:—
Once beneath a tree at Hawarden, while I pondered in my garden
Over many a quaint and curious volume of Homeric lore.
While I nodded, nearly napping, came a noise like distant tapping,