But lay in December—a pretty go!
And your azure skies, and your sunny glow
Are silly legends of long ago;
Whilst as to the Doctor’s Bills, oho!
We are equally good at them I trow.
Fact is, the difference ’twixt us two
Is the purest fiddle-de-dee!”
Punch. December 15, 1888.
Several humorous parodies written by the late Mr. Mortimer Collins have already appeared in this collection, but his lines to Chloe, with her supposed burlesque reply to them, deserve to be quoted:—
Ad Chloen M.A.